imisswinter 's review for:

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

1.0

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I’ve thoroughly enjoyed several of the author’s other books, but this one is a total bust. Undeveloped, whiny, unsympathetic and uninteresting characters—including Lucy, who, in this “novel” has been replaced by a bloodless husk of her former self—a boring plot that goes nowhere slowly, and writing that completely lacks depth. The wretched audiobook version may exacerbate these issues. As others have commented, it’s like a diary that drones on and on and on. I expected so much more from this author.