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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
15 reviews
ameshutch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Cancer and Physical abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, and Cannibalism
eicart_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Racism and racial slur usage as might be expected in 1920-1930 Southern US. Lots of diet culture typical of 1980s.edwardinsane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry
sammerp219's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Rape
lay_kone's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Murder
celery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
cwg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
Read this Summer of 2022 when I was feeling dour. Cheered me up a bit.
Light-hearted reading. Easy to read, easy to love characters.
Interesting narrative structure (past and present, narrative embedded within narrative).
Product of its era, not just in the sense of it being set in 1920s and 1990s South (approximation) — do mind the TW’s if you’re wary — but if you can get past that, it’s a lovely story about community.
It’s also got elements of “found family,” which, while I won’t give details, was easily my favorite segment within the book (of course it’s the relationship
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Eating disorder, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy
beccalove's review against another edition
3.0
First off, I want to open with the fact that this book is drowning in racism that is both relevant and not relevant to the historical context of part of the story and its location. There's a number of chapters that could be removed entirely and honestly seem to exist solely because Flagg wanted to say them herself (including WAYY too much comfort using the N word). It was written and published in the 1980's focused on small-town Alabama and the story bounces between there and several other time periods, mainly the 1930's. So for that reason alone, I don't recommend it.
Secondly, while there are some beautiful sections with an explicit sapphic love story - those characters don't experience a happy ending and Fannie Flagg fell prey to the #buryyourgays trope despite being a lesbian herself. Idgie isn't there when Ruth dies and her death is treated with no emotion at all really. There's no mourning, no sharing of Idgie's partner of almost 2 decades (and love of her life), and that alone pissed me off enough to stop reading for 24 hours. After Ruth dies, their story is absent from the book for almost all of the final hundred pages and the final graveside mention just leaves so much to be desired.
At the end of the day, there are some beautiful scenes and I'm thankful to have read a book from that period which has a queer love story so well accepted and respected by all the other characters in the book. However, the racism is inescapable and the lack of a good ending for our queer characters leaves me disappointed in the novel overall.
⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Murder, and Alcohol
artstitute's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Vomit, and Pregnancy
itsmackie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Hate crime, Rape, Terminal illness, and Murder
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy