Comments on: Book Club: Olive Kitteridge By Elizabeth Strout

By: nicole

nicole — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:12:44 +0000

Kat, I just read this book, and I wanted to go back and see what you said. Yes to everything!! I LOVED it. I, however, couldn’t put it down, so I think it would be really enjoyable to go back and re-read the stories slowly. So good!

By: Best Book of 2009

Best Book of 2009 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:53:21 +0000

[...] for fiction, the winner goes to Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Since I just reviewed it recently, I don’t need to say much more. This book moved my soul. I laughed and I cried. It made me [...]

By: Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:27:24 +0000

[...] Kitteridge before reading it except that it was a Pulitzer Prize winner and that my sister-in-law enjoyed it when she read it for her book club. I enjoy going into books blind this way, and try to do it [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:12:08 +0000

So I’m really late on this, but I just finished a couple days ago, and I didn’t want to read what you wrote until I had a chance to finish the book.

I’m pretty much agree on all counts. I love how, in spite of all of Olive’s flaws, you couldn’t help but sympathize with her. I think the use of short stories, in which she is not the main focus, only served to enhance this, as well. It made her seem more real, and it felt like the townspeople were being more honest about her since she wasn’t there to affect their comments.

It was quite beautiful and I’m glad you recommended it to me and let me borrow it.. Here’s my full database entry, but I don’t know if I said much else that would be surprising or insightful.

http://www.somesmart.com/books/bookinfo.php?bookid=9780812971835

By: Just Fine Just Dandy

Just Fine Just Dandy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:37:27 +0000

Sounds like a great book! I’ll have to put that on my list of books to read…