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I wanted to like this... but I just.... didn’t. Olive is a crabby old woman with no endearing qualities like Ove or Arthur Truluv. And the plot is meaningless, though I get what Steout was doing by making Olive the thread which flows through each chapter. But I just don’t care about any of these people. I liked Henry the best and now he’s just laying in bed, the victim of a stoke, and Olive is shitty to him. She’s shitty to everyone. No thanks. Once again, a Pulitzer Prize winner is completely d
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Week 18 in the 2015 Reading Challenge - A Pulitzer Prize Winning Book
This is a book I would never have read but chose it because it was the first Pulitzer winning book I found that was available in my local library. Surprise - I actually enjoyed it! It was a series of short stories that takes place in a small town in Maine and Olive appears in all of them. She is not necessarily the main character - sometimes just a customer in a restaurant or something. But each story was an interesting slice o ...more
This is a book I would never have read but chose it because it was the first Pulitzer winning book I found that was available in my local library. Surprise - I actually enjoyed it! It was a series of short stories that takes place in a small town in Maine and Olive appears in all of them. She is not necessarily the main character - sometimes just a customer in a restaurant or something. But each story was an interesting slice o ...more
I do love Elizabeth Strout's writing. It is very elegant and not only does she have great insight into relationships, particularly those within the family, but she tells a good story.
However, around half way through, I found that I started to lose interest in this book. Rather than one novel, this is a set of interconnected stories set in small town America. But the tone of each story was so similar and so grey. Grey is fine if you have some contrast, but the book felt so monotone that, for me, ...more
However, around half way through, I found that I started to lose interest in this book. Rather than one novel, this is a set of interconnected stories set in small town America. But the tone of each story was so similar and so grey. Grey is fine if you have some contrast, but the book felt so monotone that, for me, ...more
Olive seemed so sad; she didn't enjoy life....
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A quick , easy read . It's a book that has been raved about a lot of readers I know.
For me it's an average read , the characters didn't grab my attention enough ...more
For me it's an average read , the characters didn't grab my attention enough ...more
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