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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
We all matter. We all have an impact on the world around us. We are not, however, perfect or always happy or often even pleasant to be around if we are being real. Olive Kitteridge is herself through and through while also not often clearly seeing her own impact or her own vices. Olive is all of us as this collection of stories profoundly points out.
I listened to audio version. I kept wanting to stop listening - possibly the narrator's voice choice / performance characterization of main character. But the storylines and alternate characters kept absorbing me. Truly a love/hate relationship with this book, but may have hated the character less with a different voice (if read).
Note - it was the timber of the voice I disliked - by the end of the book, I had a much better appreciation of the main character. The narration changed and grew with the stories.
Note - it was the timber of the voice I disliked - by the end of the book, I had a much better appreciation of the main character. The narration changed and grew with the stories.
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
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
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
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
emotional
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
reflective
slow-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
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interessant kollektivroman - hvor den pensjonerte lærerinnen Olive i noen kapitler er hovedpersonen, og i andre helt perifer. Handlingen er lagt til et lite sted hvor de fleste vet det meste om sine naboer. Dette er ikke et sted man får vasket skittentøyet sitt i fred. Olive er en skarp kvinne, (i begge betydninger av ordet) som kjemper med sorgen over avstanden (både fysisk og mentalt) til sønnen. Jeg skal definitivt lese resten av serien.