What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Peter Hedges

448 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Just about everything in Endora, Iowa (pop. 1,091 and dwindling) is eating Gilbert Grape, a twenty-four-year-old grocery clerk who dreams only of leaving. His enormous mother, once the town sweetheart, has been eating nonstop ever since her husban...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 673 reviews

Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 64%
sad 57%
funny 53%
dark 21%
hopeful 17%
tense 17%
challenging 14%
inspiring 10%
lighthearted 7%

Pace

slow 51%
medium 44%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 92% | A mix: 4% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 36% | No: 12% | N/A: 8%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 61% | Yes: 23% | No: 15%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 80% | Yes: 12% | It's complicated: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 96% | It's complicated: 4%

Average rating

3.93

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...