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A review by donnaeve
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
5.0
Five beautiful stars. Did you expect anything less?
Oh my gosh, what a great story. I loved it as much - maybe even MORE so - than OLIVE KITTEREDGE. As with all good books I would think about it during the day, and looked forward to being able to get back to it.
Each chapter was filled with interesting, unique people, who had, in some way found themselves crossing paths with Olive Kitteredge. But, it was always the Olive chapters that stood out for me, with the exception maybe of Fergus McPherson - ay-yuh, he ran a close second. His chapter made me laugh out loud.
Olive's chapters, and particularly the final pages were poignant. We see Olive have epiphany upon epiphany as we follow her self-awakening, her realizations of who she is, how she was, her reflections on her interactions with others, and finally, her acceptance about herself. She shines on the page as she comes to terms with her life, and the realization that part of her fear was that of being lonely and that of death. Truly brilliant writing, and character study.
LOVE - HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Oh my gosh, what a great story. I loved it as much - maybe even MORE so - than OLIVE KITTEREDGE. As with all good books I would think about it during the day, and looked forward to being able to get back to it.
Each chapter was filled with interesting, unique people, who had, in some way found themselves crossing paths with Olive Kitteredge. But, it was always the Olive chapters that stood out for me, with the exception maybe of Fergus McPherson - ay-yuh, he ran a close second. His chapter made me laugh out loud.
Olive's chapters, and particularly the final pages were poignant. We see Olive have epiphany upon epiphany as we follow her self-awakening, her realizations of who she is, how she was, her reflections on her interactions with others, and finally, her acceptance about herself. She shines on the page as she comes to terms with her life, and the realization that part of her fear was that of being lonely and that of death. Truly brilliant writing, and character study.
LOVE - HIGHLY RECOMMEND!