Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

9 reviews

tctimlin's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Short stories set mostly in the small town of Crosby Maine, where Olive Kitteredge is aging.  Sometimes she is the focus of the story, sometimes she just plays a bit role in a story about others in the town.  There are stories about marriage and friendship and small town mores, and parent-child relationships (which I found most gut wrenching as the mother of an only child son who is now an adult living almost on the other side of the continent).  Strout is a beautiful writer and conveys sparingly the deep love Olive has for her students, her husband and son and her struggles to express that love.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

stindex's review

tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

bqhelton's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

siduridavis's review

Just seemed so depressing. No redeeming characters. Felt like a miserable town full of miserable people. Also had trouble connecting all the stories and characters together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Suicide

raybudbury's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

alexisgarcia's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death of parent

dball1203's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Although this is a set of short stories, you really feel the connection between the stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt