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nina_reads_books's review against another edition
4.0
How do I love thee Elizabeth Strout? Let me count the ways.
This is Strout at her brilliant best. She writes people and their ordinary lives in such a perfectly human way. Moving, melancholy and sad. A focus on death, ageing, the passage of time and the pain of being human. I didn't love Olive Kitteridge but I really enjoyed this sequel as I just adore the way Kimberley Farr narrates Strout's novels. Olive totally won me over by the end!
Elizabeth Strout has got to be one of my favourite authors. I've just finally got my hands on her first book The Burgess Boys which I can't wait to read. Then i will have read all of her books that is until her new novel is out later this year. I believe that it will brings together many of the characters from her earlier novels. I'm so keen! These books are my jam.
Highly recommend listening to Strout on audio especially if Kimberly Farr is the narrator. I've alternated between both physical reading and audio across her books and I love both options.
This is Strout at her brilliant best. She writes people and their ordinary lives in such a perfectly human way. Moving, melancholy and sad. A focus on death, ageing, the passage of time and the pain of being human. I didn't love Olive Kitteridge but I really enjoyed this sequel as I just adore the way Kimberley Farr narrates Strout's novels. Olive totally won me over by the end!
Elizabeth Strout has got to be one of my favourite authors. I've just finally got my hands on her first book The Burgess Boys which I can't wait to read. Then i will have read all of her books that is until her new novel is out later this year. I believe that it will brings together many of the characters from her earlier novels. I'm so keen! These books are my jam.
Highly recommend listening to Strout on audio especially if Kimberly Farr is the narrator. I've alternated between both physical reading and audio across her books and I love both options.
threegoodrats's review against another edition
4.0
My review is here: http://blog.threegoodrats.com/2020/02/olive-again.html
amywebb's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-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
5.0
bhnmt61's review against another edition
4.0
We all have our reading peeves and lord knows I’ve told you about a bunch of mine. One of my most visceral is that I will always be creeped out by a story about sexual attraction between an older man and a young woman—because of my own history, which is certainly not the fault of the author.
There is a story about that exact situation early on in this book, and it took me several tries to get through it. Then that dynamic showed up again in another story, not as blatant but as subtext, and I came very close to quitting, because I don’t think reading should make you nauseated. But I just quit another book and I didn’t really want to DNF two in a row, so I pressed on. And then the stories began to be about Olive and her friendships with other women, and those were excellent, so excellent that I really loved the second half of the book. And there are her ruminations about her son and her two husbands and death— it’s beautifully done. I really love Olive. There aren’t enough curmudgeonly women with hearts of gold in American lit.
There is a story about that exact situation early on in this book, and it took me several tries to get through it. Then that dynamic showed up again in another story, not as blatant but as subtext, and I came very close to quitting, because I don’t think reading should make you nauseated. But I just quit another book and I didn’t really want to DNF two in a row, so I pressed on. And then the stories began to be about Olive and her friendships with other women, and those were excellent, so excellent that I really loved the second half of the book. And there are her ruminations about her son and her two husbands and death— it’s beautifully done. I really love Olive. There aren’t enough curmudgeonly women with hearts of gold in American lit.
mary_elizabeth's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
4.5
hikikomorka's review against another edition
3.0
Życie jest tylko jedno, a popełnionych błędów nie sposób naprawić. Pozostaje cieszyć się tym co zostało, a przeszłość nie była przecież aż taka zła.
magsisreadingagain's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
4.0
rexiesmum's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.0
rachel_patrick's review against another edition
reflective
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
3.75