A review by bisexualwentworth
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really don't know how to feel about this one. It was very interesting. Very surreal. Very emotional. I don't think I understood all of it. Definitely the sort of odd coming-of-age story that I don't tend to encounter often and usually find interesting when I do, and this was no exception. I'm just not sure I liked it.

If you have more religious trauma than me you might connect to it more than I did.

The chunk from just after the opening until about halfway through was probably my favorite. Ironically the gay parts were not super interesting to me. Poor Melanie though.
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