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pam2375's review against another edition
5.0
I just love Olive Kitteridge! I find her extremely funny, quirky and sad all at the same time.
This book shows us how Olive is changing through the years. Just when you think that she has softened she blurts out something that is completely inappropriate. However, Olive simply does not understand that she is inappropriate or sometimes hurtful. She feels the way she feels and thinks that everyone else should feel that way too. It does not occur to her that the things that she says or does could hurt others feelings.
I love that we get to touch base with some old characters in her previous book and we are introduced to some new folks. I enjoyed watching and living through all her changes.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House for this advanced readers copy. This book is due to release in October 2019.
This book shows us how Olive is changing through the years. Just when you think that she has softened she blurts out something that is completely inappropriate. However, Olive simply does not understand that she is inappropriate or sometimes hurtful. She feels the way she feels and thinks that everyone else should feel that way too. It does not occur to her that the things that she says or does could hurt others feelings.
I love that we get to touch base with some old characters in her previous book and we are introduced to some new folks. I enjoyed watching and living through all her changes.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House for this advanced readers copy. This book is due to release in October 2019.
megangerv's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
gracerowland's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
suvata's review against another edition
2.0
Thanks to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for sending me this Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date will in be October 15, 2019.
Yep, Olive is back ... older, wiser?, larger and definitely crabbier, and honest to a fault. I have very mixed feelings about Elizabeth Strouts’ books. I’m not very fond of the two Olive books but I really liked Anything is Possible and My Name is Lucy Barton. I just have a difficult time warming up to Olive.
Yep, Olive is back ... older, wiser?, larger and definitely crabbier, and honest to a fault. I have very mixed feelings about Elizabeth Strouts’ books. I’m not very fond of the two Olive books but I really liked Anything is Possible and My Name is Lucy Barton. I just have a difficult time warming up to Olive.
rebecanunez's review against another edition
3.0
Tal vez sea porque no leí el primer libro y solo vi la serie, pero no logre conectar bien con el personaje de Olive. Este libro es una especie de antología de historias de la gente del pueblo, que de una forma que si me resulto interesante, fueron afectados por la presencia de Olive en sus vidas. También esta la historia de Olive claro. Lo que sí puedo decir, es que creo que he conocido varias Olive y tal como me paso con esta, no conecte bien con ellas tampoco. Eso es lo que me lleva a darle 3 estrellas.
book_concierge's review against another edition
4.0
Strout returns to the character featured in her Pulitzer-Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge. Olive still lives in Cosby, Maine, still has a strained relationship with her son, still is remarkably clueless about how her abrupt manner affects others, and yet…
I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to spoil anything for those who haven’t read the first book. Suffice to say that while Olive wasn’t young in book one, this book continues her story into her mid-80s.
The book is character-driven and Strout excels at revealing these characters by their actions and conversations with one another (or with themselves). Like most of us, Olive lives an “ordinary” life – she keeps her house, runs errands, goes to baby showers, converses with people at the grocery store, has her children come visit, finds a new friend in an expected setting, and faces the waning years of her life with as much dignity as she can muster.
I just love Olive, even if I don’t much “like” her. I can’t really say she’s mellowed much as she ages, but there is something so real, so vulnerable, so recognizable in her. I think there’s definitely some of me in her (or some of Olive in me).
I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to spoil anything for those who haven’t read the first book. Suffice to say that while Olive wasn’t young in book one, this book continues her story into her mid-80s.
The book is character-driven and Strout excels at revealing these characters by their actions and conversations with one another (or with themselves). Like most of us, Olive lives an “ordinary” life – she keeps her house, runs errands, goes to baby showers, converses with people at the grocery store, has her children come visit, finds a new friend in an expected setting, and faces the waning years of her life with as much dignity as she can muster.
I just love Olive, even if I don’t much “like” her. I can’t really say she’s mellowed much as she ages, but there is something so real, so vulnerable, so recognizable in her. I think there’s definitely some of me in her (or some of Olive in me).
timna_wyckoff's review against another edition
5.0
Another collection of heartbreaking stories that are somehow simultaneously hopeful and full of life.
homewrecca's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars. Memorable characters written to life by an astute understanding of human nature, but for me, plot is as important as character. This story’s plot never really peaks.
alyssajcori's review against another edition
1.0
This novel is a series of short stories that all somewhat tie into one another. I gave a low rating because I wasn’t a huge fan of the main character and I especially did not like how there was thinly veiled commentary on politics in the form of introducing a caricature of a Trump supporter. I really can’t stand when a group of people is reduced to a stereotype, and I found it off putting. It did give a good look into how people can lean in to their prejudices, but I am not sure if that was actually the intention of the author. This is ultimately not a book I’d recommend.
waynediane's review against another edition
5.0
Pretty much everything Strout writes I like. Practical style great character development. Olive Kitteridge is someone you know or will meet in your lifetime and have a better understanding/tolerance for?