Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Rubyfruit Jungle
Book Review: Lovely, Just Lovely
Summary: 4 Stars
Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle is a very sweet book. The only reason why I didn't give it five stars is that it's too simple, so predictable. But besides that, I would reccommend this book to a young lesbian just coming out...someone like me. Enjoy!Book Review: Molly Bolt -- a hero for the ages
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm surprised it took me as long as it did to get to this book. When I was home over the holidays I went through my closet of books and found this novel, which I'd bought years ago. I started reading it and within an hour, I was completely hooked. Molly is so independent and smart, and Brown's writing keeps the story light even during some of the darker moments.
I would love to see whatever became of Molly (whom I suspect was at least partly informed by Brown's own life), but until a sequel appears, I am glad to have known Molly Bolt for the brief time we had together.
Book Review: Must-read !!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Rubyfruit Jungle is one helluva-romp through the bad times and the good. i really like the scenes where Molly gets hot with her gym teacher and cried when she shared the pain of those awkward steps out of thecloset that opporesses all wimmin who Dare to come out of the closet. I really reccommend this book for all lesbians, young or old.Book Review: Not Impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm sure this book was earth-shaking and socially significant when it was published, but.... I thought it was boring, with a very unlikable protagonist.
Molly Bolt is supposed to be smart and sassy, but she comes across as cruel and condescending. The entire book is about her sexual (mis)adventures, not her accomplishments or personal growth.
Book Review: Not Just for Lesbians
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not a lesbian; I loved this book. It's a story of survival and struggle, the heroine just happens to be a lesbian too. The prose is simple. No doubt there were times when I would have liked Ms. Brown to delve a little more deeply about the concepts and values she is trying to explore. On the other hands prose like this leaves the reader free to think what she/he wants to without being limited by the author. This book is a classic. A lot better than much of the pseudo stuff that passes for literature these days. After all big words and boring passages do not literature or granduer make. Thank you Ms. Brown for writing Rubyfruit Jungle.