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The writing was compelling but this book is SO DEPRESSING. Trigger warnings all over the place. And I absolutely hated Olive and was so irritated by her never realizing the painful impact of her words and actions on others.
The writing was compelling but this book is SO DEPRESSING. Trigger warnings all over the place. And I absolutely hated Olive and was so irritated by her never realizing the painful impact of her words and actions on others.
A beautifully written book about the most miserable, dreary people I've ever come across. I wanted to read it because they are filming the HBO series here in the town I live in but what a collection of cranky, dis-likable characters! The only person in the book I liked was Olive's husband Henry. I kept hearing that it was a great story about the "human condition"--I guess I've never met those sorts of humans.
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With many echoes of Sherwood Anderson's classic Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of interrelated short stories form a wonderful narrative of small-town life in Maine. Olive is complex and intriguing as the focal point of this book - sometimes kind, often surly, always unpredictably moody and judgmental. It's not a plot-driven book, but rather one of those books where you nod in recognition as you read, and you're increasingly fascinated by the characters and their lives, however mundane they mig
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What an interesting character is Olive! The others characters in her story and her town are as interesting. I am not always a fan of the short-stories-connected-to-a-character/theme format, but I found that I enjoyed reading this one. At the end, though, I found myself wanting to know what happened next to Olive and her acquaintances.
Oct 07, 2012
Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
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it was amazing
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