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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
hopeful
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
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
It felt like an accurate portrayal of small town life of a time that we can look back on and see how much culture has changed and at the same time how it hasn’t changed at all..
A wonderful novel about a father and daughter dealing with the aftermath of losing their wife / mother. Further complicated by the fact that the father is the local priest so is struggling with his faith and well.
As always Strout manages to conjure up life in a sleepy Maine town along with all the petty niggles and gossip that goes on. It's all very laid back but you really feel for Tyler as he struggles with his grief and the tittle tattle that follows him and his 5 year old. He appears to be the kind of minister everyone should wish for - compassionate and underneath deeply committed to his job.
She does a good job of bringing Katherine's view point to life in a way that doesn't feel forced. Some may not like the religious theology but it fits well with Tyler's thoughts and doubts.
A very sad book in places which ends on an upbeat note despite things being left slightly open ended. I'm looking forward to meeting Katherine again in the later books.
As always Strout manages to conjure up life in a sleepy Maine town along with all the petty niggles and gossip that goes on. It's all very laid back but you really feel for Tyler as he struggles with his grief and the tittle tattle that follows him and his 5 year old. He appears to be the kind of minister everyone should wish for - compassionate and underneath deeply committed to his job.
She does a good job of bringing Katherine's view point to life in a way that doesn't feel forced. Some may not like the religious theology but it fits well with Tyler's thoughts and doubts.
A very sad book in places which ends on an upbeat note despite things being left slightly open ended. I'm looking forward to meeting Katherine again in the later books.
Characteristic Strout-slow for me to get into and found the characters difficult to relate to but by the end felt like I was reading something profound.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Some thoughts:
- I’ve read 7 of her books so far and I think she is my favourite contemporary writer.
- “Confusion will prevent you from being dogmatic.”
- Without spoiling it, there is a big, climactic moment toward the end of the novel, and how Strout describes the aftermath is this: “Telephones did not ring from house to house that day.”
- It took me a little while to get into this novel (especially after reading Amy & Isabelle and all the Lucy Barton ones including Tell Me Everything) but there are some big reveals in the second half of the book which kind of change your whole perception of everything.
- I read a version of the book with a small note from Strout at the end, and the way she describes how she is ‘always trying to keep the moss of cynicism and sentimentality from obscuring’ her writing explain why she is one of my favourites.
- “None of us have a centre of gravity. We’re tugged and pulled by competing forces every minute and we hold on as best we can.”
- The way the Bonhoeffer stuff connects with the main story is extremely satisfying.
- I’ve read 7 of her books so far and I think she is my favourite contemporary writer.
- “Confusion will prevent you from being dogmatic.”
- Without spoiling it, there is a big, climactic moment toward the end of the novel, and how Strout describes the aftermath is this: “Telephones did not ring from house to house that day.”
- It took me a little while to get into this novel (especially after reading Amy & Isabelle and all the Lucy Barton ones including Tell Me Everything) but there are some big reveals in the second half of the book which kind of change your whole perception of everything.
- I read a version of the book with a small note from Strout at the end, and the way she describes how she is ‘always trying to keep the moss of cynicism and sentimentality from obscuring’ her writing explain why she is one of my favourites.
- “None of us have a centre of gravity. We’re tugged and pulled by competing forces every minute and we hold on as best we can.”
- The way the Bonhoeffer stuff connects with the main story is extremely satisfying.