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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
slow-paced
I’m glad this book exists for history, but I wasn’t ready for another COVID era rehashing. There was also enough o lap with some of the other books in the series that I was bored at times.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book made me feel hopeful about life and everything to come and at the same time I felt like I had already lived my life. That feeling was a good feeling though and it also made me hopeful of everything to come as I’ve already lived it (if that makes sense). It’s like I already know that everything will be alright
Adoro la Strout, adoro tutti i suoi personaggi, il mondo che ha saputo creare intorno a loro, concatenandoli pian piano libro dopo libro.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
There is something so poignant about Elizabeth Strout's writing, it just gets me in the heart every time. This one really took me back to the pandemic era and the strangeness of it all. That feeling of everything just falling away and the impermanence of people and things. Lucy's reflections on her relationships with her daughters, on her childhood and family, and loved ones she lost ... all of it resonated with me and like all of Strout's writing, it feels so comforting, like coming home. 4.5 stars rounded up.
Before I read this, I didn't realize that it was going to be a book about the Covid pandemic. Elizabeth Strout did a good job of revisiting the days of high anxiety, masking, social-distancing, and racing to find a vaccine; however, having lived through that I feel as if I have had enough of that topic. I want to read something that DOESN'T revolve around that recent history of unsettled times.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved. A COVID time capsule.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Made it thru almost 6 hrs.
Then this morning I thought: Why am I still sitting through this?! This woman (Lucy) is insufferable!
A little less than 2.5 hrs to go & I just can’t subject myself to any more.
Then this morning I thought: Why am I still sitting through this?! This woman (Lucy) is insufferable!
A little less than 2.5 hrs to go & I just can’t subject myself to any more.