Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

4.04 AVERAGE

rheabasra's review against another edition

5.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
absolutely beautiful.
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deadroches's review against another edition

3.5
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

daviscarroll's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

bga's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellybaci's review

4.0
emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

arcreech's review against another edition

5.0
emotional funny hopeful reflective 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
This book is breathtaking. 

karrative's review against another edition

3.5
A few things I really liked about this novel: the idea of tight knit community where people help and are there for one another, that the affair didn't happen !!!, the murder plot added some gripping elements. I had a moment of cringe reading the supermarket scene (Bob getting an ick over Lucy interacting with a importunate woman), where I was like: what on Earth, Bob (and everyone) get a grip. But then again, I quite like the overall reflection that you cannot, even superficially, get to know someone through solitary walks with them. Some parts of them will only get revealed as you see them in social contexts.
At first, I thought this was just a readable bunch of vignettes, loosely wrapped arund Bob/community but looking back at it, through the Lucy-Olive lens, the lack of immediate 'point' adds rather than detracts from the story I think.
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sweet_sakura's review against another edition

4.5
emotional reflective sad
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rebeccahlm's review against another edition

3.75
lighthearted reflective medium-paced

booknerd7820's review

4.0
Tell Me Everything is my third book that I have devoured by Elizabeth Strout and it will not be my last.

Set in the fictional town of Crosby, Maine, Tell Me Everything follows Strouts' titular characters from her previous novels and their interactions with one another. What I absolutely love about Strout's writing is that even though I had only read Olive Kitteridge's stories, I immediately felt a connection with Lucy, Bob, William, and others. Even though some of the storylines had plot spoilers, it in no way detracted from my desire to go back and revisit in more detail their past.

Elizabeth Strout makes the reader feel at home in the town of Crosby and even though many of the stories are just cozy things that happen in life, they take on significance because its the small things, the small stories in our lives that end up defining us. There is no big romance or big mystery to solve in Tell Me Everything and yet, I could not stop reading it, wanting to hear about the lives of our favorite characters and what they've been up to for just a little bit longer and well...tell me everything.

Recommended for fans of Elizabeth Strout, although honestly, you do not have to have read any of her previous works to enjoy this one. There is enough detail to get you by.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House, and Elizabeth Strout for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.