Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

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thegreenship's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The amount of slurs and problematic age gaps, the normalisation of grooming, the white savior complex...

the only good things were the plot twist, that actually took me by surprise, that they just straight up ate his body, so he wouldnt be found, like i did NOT expect that part! and then also the last couple of pages after the old lady died when Evelyn visited the grave and saw the letter and the flowers and when Idgie was selling honey to that family, that was kinda nice, to get at least soewhat of an answer to the question of what happened to her, after the café closed down

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bookwormcat's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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naomiauld's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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renewed_reader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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falltumn's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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pau0704's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The boom starts a bit slow and I struggled at first to get the pace, however, once I adjusted to it I found it really enjoyable, different characters narrate, there's also articles that narrate a bit of the story, the fact that is narrated in different ways gives you more insight into the story.
I really enjoyed the story, Ruth's and idgie's sorry is beautiful, I would've like to see it have more depth, if feels like we only know the surface of the story, but I guess that's what the author intended.
I see a lot of complaints about how African Americans are portrayed and the words used to describe them, and I am in no way excusing the author, but it was published in the 90's, there was not the consciousness there is now, we cannot expect this book to be written as if it was written en inte 2020's racism was even so latent in the 2000's. So, even thought I do not like entirely how they were portrayed and sometimes described, I understand, and I loved all the African American characters, they gave them all different personalities, and their stories are so powerful, it's a book that I really enjoyed, with characters I really loved.
My only complaint would be Evelyn, that's why 4.5 stars, just another main character traumatized by her weight, same old same old, but overall I would really recommend this book.

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