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Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge (2008, Random House) 4 stars

Olive Kitteridge (2008) is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout. The novel provides a …

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3 stars

3.5 stars, and tough to rate. I think I would have preferred this if there were less stories in which Olive and her family aren't the central characters. I had a hard time motivating myself to keep reading when I knew the next story wasn't about Olive.

Olive is a difficult, conflicting, captivating character; I didn't like her at all, but I was sad for her, and occasionally happy for her, and I maybe loved her. It felt very strange and awful and wonderful to be inside her head.