What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Peter Hedges

334 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
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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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Community Reviews

3.94
based on 1,026 reviews

Moods

emotional: 80%

reflective: 64%

sad: 64%

funny: 48%

dark: 26%

hopeful: 20%

tense: 15%

challenging: 11%

inspiring: 11%

lighthearted: 11%

adventurous: 2%

informative: 2%

Pace

8% of readers chose fast
48% of readers chose medium
42% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
7% of readers chose A mix
85% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

57% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

34% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
74% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

92% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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