Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Ratings134
Average rating4.2
The formatting of this really just doesn't work for me, unfortunately. It's too meandering for my tastes, and I didn't feel like I was getting much out of it. Might've finished it out had it been shorter.
This was actually not my favorite Fannie Flag book. It was a quick read and held my attention though. Much better than the movie.
Copy/paste from BLC: I'm lingering around 3.5 and 4/5. Overall I enjoyed the story and chuckled here and there. And then I also gasped a lot at the comments and racial slurs, or the discrimination. I thought it was a nice mix of both. The timeline took a bit to get used to as it moved back and forth. I think my favorite part was when Evelyn made a comeback on those youngsters and smashed into their car ‘accidentally' six times lol I really enjoyed the audiobook.
Rating: 4.5 leaves out of 5Characters: 4.5/5 Cover: 3.75/5Story: 4.75/5Writing: 5/5Genre: Classic/LGTB/Historical FictionType: BookWorth?: Yes!Hated Disliked It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedI am so happy I read this! When I heard the movie was based on the book to say I was excited is an understatement. I grew up with Ruth and Idgie. The book is a good bit different with some scenes from the movie and where I am sad they pick it up with details about my favorite characters. I love seeing Buddy (Stump) growing up but the whole bringing him to Eva so he could learn to have sex was disgusting. Once I read the last page of this book I wanted to cry. A part of me didn't want it to be over. I wanted to live on in Whistle Shop. Now I am going to go watched the movie and get excited all over again!
6 out of 5 stars
Better than the movie (which is itself pretty good, just not this good).
I didn't actually finish this book. It just didn't hold my interest. Maybe some people would really like it, but I found it to be too similar to other “Southern” storytelling books out there with nothing really new to say.
3.5 I could definitely feel the Southern folklore style of storytelling in the novel. It reminded me a bit of some of Twain's writing, so it was fun to read. Honestly I was hoping for more connection to the characters, so more sadness when tragedy struck . . . I was affected more on the humorous side. It's quite funny in many places, but I really liked the structure of the book and Evelyn's story is inspiring for sure.
“Fried Green Tomatoes” was one of my favorite movies growing up. In fact, when I started listening to this book, I asked “my other half” if he'd ever seen it, and when he said no I immediately planned to force him to sit through it once I was done, even though he probably won't like it anywhere near as much as I do.
The book was cute, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to the movie. Nostalgia factor, I'm sure. The movie has a tighter narrative, while the book definitely has a more languid feel to it; there's a lot more about the cafe, the citizens of Whistle Stop, what was goin' on around town, and all that, in addition to being Idgie/Ruth's and Evelyn/Ninny's stories.
For the last eight days, all my thoughts have been in an Alabama-Southern accent.
I really loved this book, I'm rather pleased that the characters Idgie and Ruth were actually together in the book, as I believe they should have been in the movie. It's a little weird to get used to the newspaper bits and jumping around in time, but its altogether a really good read.
