Flat. Not her best work.

The characters came to life for me and the way they expressed their thoughts helped me clarify my own ideas. Anita Luft.

This book is an insight to the lives of some ordinary and at the same time unique people . It’s about life and love with a murdered mystery thrown in. I found it a bit hard to follow and remember all of the lesser characters. The main characters were Bob Burgess , Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge . Margaret ,William ,Jim, Matt .

Loved the characters. And the stories but……….

I always love her books❤️

Visiting with all the friends we’ve spent time with Lucy is familiar and a comforting continuation. Strout helps us to understand ourselves and love a little more as we tap into the unrecorded stories told through Lucy, Olive, Bob. We get to meet new characters with their traumas and gifts and solve a mystery. Such special characters and wisdom generously shared is what sets Elizabeth Strout’s book apart.

Always love her books, this one is more meditative

I’ve enjoyed Ms Strout’s conversational style and gentle but straightforward depictions of Maine and it’s unique characters in previous works. But this was an aggravating disappointment. I was exasperated with the characters’ adolescent self absorption and infatuations. If they’d focused a modicum of their energy and thought on their spouses instead of themselves and their seemingly vital relationships their marriages would have been much richer. And their neighborly efforts to appear to themselves and others to “do good” did not alleviate their angst or my irritation.

Rambling. Very slow going and boring.

A must read!