Reviews

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

bamzel_86's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

jessmegan's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful slow-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

4.25

worst_part_is's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

pihlamm's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

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

2.5

moeljo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

bubbelfia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

elfs29's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Winterson offers a rather devastating portrayal of the life of a young girl discovering her queerness in a rigidly and destructively religious household. The nuances of Jeanette's relationship with her mother, with Melanie, with Elsie, with God, are astute, and offer a tender image of the way growing up in such a religious household affects one's understanding of themselves and of love and what it means.

But where was God now, with heaven full of astronauts, and the Lord overthrown? I miss God. I miss the company of something utterly loyal. I still don't think of God as my betrayer. The servants of God, yes, but servants by their very nature betray. I miss the God who was my friend.

aarnireads's review against another edition

2.0

eh. this was just boring and rambling. soon i found pretty hard to sympathize with the author/main character, when she went from witty little girl to a selfish hypocritical brat. skimmed like half of this.

chaya_v's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5*
This wasn't good or bad but it didn't resonate with me at all. It took a while to get started. Then there was a good chunk in the middle that had me hooked for a bit but then it got boring again for the last 50 pages.
I'm happy to have read it cause it kind of feels like a classic sapphic book but idk it didn't do much for me.

magpie6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0