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Pineapple street by Jenny Jackson

37 reviews

eternallywrite's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Super enjoyable book; you quickly learn to love the characters even with their flaws. Covers a lot of critiques of wealth/wealthy people, and dabbles a little into critiques of race-based discrimination, but does occasionally miss some angles of the conversation. That, of course, could be due to the make-up of the characters who are growing into a deeper understanding of the world and how people outside of their bubble are treated, but it also felt like it might be the author leaning a little too hard on stereotypes. There is also a bit of a white savior complex that comes out at the end, but that could also be part of the flaws that only the reader is supposed to pick up on-showing despite all the growth the characters went through during the book, there is constantly more learning to be done and growth to undergo. Overall, I did not expect to like this book as much as I did!
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typedtruths's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

3.25

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jackie9820's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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bookish_ghost_girl's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While the cover seems a little chaotic to me and isn't my taste, I'm not sure what initially made me pick it up to read. Although I find multiple pov's to be a little overwhelming at times, the three pov's in this story flowed and worked well together. It felt very cohesive and I liked how all over the characters were still intertwined into the pov's that weren't their own. The ending worked well with how it wrapped up each of the pov's. While it's not really a favorite, it is something that I would read again.
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booksandbabble's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-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

4.0

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jenniee_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I couldn’t really get into the physical copy when I tried reading it, so I ended up listening to it on audio. The writing was alright and the characters were somewhat interesting. Nothing really exciting about it. Just an average read for me. 
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squintyfarmer's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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amanda_reads89's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing medium-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

4.0

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maucha's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring tense medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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savvyrosereads's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Literary fiction about the Stocktons, a wealthy New York family, as they grapple with their identities and issues of class and personal happiness.

What you have to understand about this book is basically nothing happens. It’s slow and character driven and heavily focused on rich people’s problems. If you don’t like those vibes, you probably won’t enjoy the book.

But if you DO like those vibes (and I very much do), then you might LOVE this one (and I did). The audio narration, by the incomparable Marin Ireland, was outstanding, and I was so entertained the entire time. The characters really grew on me, and I’m actually sad that I’ve finished the book and I can’t just go and check in on them. If you want a slower moving, but deeply engaging, character driven read, then this is definitely one to pick up.

CW: Death/grief; mental health; drug/alcohol use
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