Time & again, this book has restored my soul. ( )

Period piece, murder mystery, and love story in which old-timey Southerners are tolerant and accepting of alternative families. ( )

what a fun little book. I've never seen the movie, but now I can't wait. I hope they did a good adaptation. I loved the format of the Weekly newsletters (more log blogs nowadays) and then hopping around from the nursing home to the 1920's. I just loved Idgie, Ruth, and Ninny and even Evelyn. ( )

I don't know what it is about this book... it's one of the few books that I just like because I do. It has good characters, it has family history, it has nostalgia, love, death, etc. It has dark humor, and it has the depression-era South. What's not to love?

When I read this when I was thirteen, though, I completely didn't pick up on the subtext of Idgie and Ruth's "friendship," so that surprised me--I don't know how I could have missed that before. ( )

The story is told from a few perspectives and goes back and forth in time but there is no disruption in the plot. What is left hanging is usually revealed from some other perspective. Among them, the Weems' Weekly bulletin is especially humorous as Dot Weems wittingly or unwittingly always ends up dissing her husband. Overall, a heartwarming story especially the friendship between Mrs Threadgoode and Evelyn Couch. You can probably say that Mrs Threadgoode saved Evelyn's life. However, the author is perhaps too ambitious in trying to cover several themes and accounting for every major character in the story. As a result, the story got a bit tedious and draggy towards the end. ( )