A review by rosalind
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The whole experience of reading felt like sticking my fingers in someone else’s open wound; intimate, but not in a nice way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Classism