What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Peter Hedges

319 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...

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Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 62%
funny 55%
sad 55%
dark 18%
hopeful 18%
tense 14%
challenging 11%
inspiring 11%
lighthearted 7%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 42%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 91% | A mix: 4% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

Yes: 45% | It's complicated: 37% | N/A: 8% | No: 8%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 64% | Yes: 24% | No: 12%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 79% | Yes: 12% | It's complicated: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 4%

Average rating

3.94

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