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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
I really liked this book. At first I was reluctant to read it. I just didn't want a story told about a character. This book surprised me and it made me want to continue reading. Instead of a plot driven book, it is told in vignettes from a different perspective. through these vignettes the reader comes to know Olive. Wonderful!
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Uh yeah. So I realized that all I really needed to say about this was already said below in my non-review review.
I'll just add this -
I really loved this. It was a kaleidoscope of both the beautiful things and the painful things in life, of both getting it really, really wrong but also sometimes, when we're really lucky, getting it a little bit right - and isn't that what life really is?
5 Stars
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I don't have all the words right now for how I felt about this, so I'm just going to give it my rating and come back to it later for a full review.
A few random words swarming around in my head at the moment - bleak, depressing, loneliness, aging, connection, honest, fear, being human, detachment.
And...five stars.
I'll just add this -
I really loved this. It was a kaleidoscope of both the beautiful things and the painful things in life, of both getting it really, really wrong but also sometimes, when we're really lucky, getting it a little bit right - and isn't that what life really is?
5 Stars
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I don't have all the words right now for how I felt about this, so I'm just going to give it my rating and come back to it later for a full review.
A few random words swarming around in my head at the moment - bleak, depressing, loneliness, aging, connection, honest, fear, being human, detachment.
And...five stars.
Un romanzo che racconta la vita di Olive Kitteridge e dei suoi concittadini tramite l’espediente di una raccolta di racconti, in ciascuno dei quali ci viene data la possibilità di passare alla lente d’ingrandimento i loro pensieri, lotte e preoccupazioni.
È un romanzo che rappresenta la condizione umana in modo così reale, semplice ed eterogeneo che è difficile non essere colpiti e affondati da neanche uno dei racconti che vengono proposti.
Storie di ordinaria sofferenza che entrano sotto pelle.
È un romanzo che rappresenta la condizione umana in modo così reale, semplice ed eterogeneo che è difficile non essere colpiti e affondati da neanche uno dei racconti che vengono proposti.
Storie di ordinaria sofferenza che entrano sotto pelle.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In the second-to-last story of this “novel in stories,” a young woman remembers a strange piece of advice she once got from her math teacher, Olive Kitteridge: Do not be afraid of your hunger.. This gorgeous book is all about people and their hungers; those that are satisfied and those that linger, those that are denied and those that are willfully fought against.
The stories expose the secret longings of a number of different characters from in and around the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine; young people and old, men and women. Most of all, they peel back the layers of the obstinate, cranky title character, one of the most likeable awful protagonists you’ll ever meet.
In the thirty years or so that the book spans in its nonlinear way, Olive Kitteridge needles her husband, the steadfast Henry; she smothers her son, Christopher; she’s often rude, sometimes mean, almost always willfully out of touch with the psychological forces that drive her.
But there are times when Olive can find within herself reserves of tremendous compassion, as when she helps care for a sick anorexic girl, or when she gives sage life advice to teenagers who don’t expect it from their math teacher. And Olive does come to an understanding of sorts, after a lifetime of loss, some of which is her fault and some of which is just her share of the pain life inflicts upon most people who live as long as she does.
The stories expose the secret longings of a number of different characters from in and around the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine; young people and old, men and women. Most of all, they peel back the layers of the obstinate, cranky title character, one of the most likeable awful protagonists you’ll ever meet.
In the thirty years or so that the book spans in its nonlinear way, Olive Kitteridge needles her husband, the steadfast Henry; she smothers her son, Christopher; she’s often rude, sometimes mean, almost always willfully out of touch with the psychological forces that drive her.
But there are times when Olive can find within herself reserves of tremendous compassion, as when she helps care for a sick anorexic girl, or when she gives sage life advice to teenagers who don’t expect it from their math teacher. And Olive does come to an understanding of sorts, after a lifetime of loss, some of which is her fault and some of which is just her share of the pain life inflicts upon most people who live as long as she does.
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes