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Nimeni on Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

25 reviews

sslinkard's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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mike_the_goblin's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a great book, easy to recommend but difficult to read. The plot is fairly easy to follow along with but it is told in an unorthodox way. This is a great example of a writer expertly revealing character through dialogue.

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shelfofunread's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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tanyafrey's review against another edition

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reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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carlytenille's review against another edition

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reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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ericageorge91's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

The first time I read this book, I finished it feeling nothing but indifference. I thought the stories were random and meandering and I kept waiting for something to shift and for me to start really caring but it never happened. It felt like a literary version of waiting for my body to sneeze.

Going into it a second time around, knowing that there’s no plot to be had, allowed me to appreciate the story a lot more.

I knew Lucy was a lonely character, but it took the reread for me to notice that Strout is writing this story as an extension of the character’s loneliness. Lucy just seems to be chatting her stream of consciousness to the reader like we’re her friend lending her a listening ear and she loves us—just loves us! Reading it with the Lonely Bitch lens, I’m able to see how pervasive Lucy’s loneliness was and realize that her random stories (crying subway children, the Met statue of the father and his children) are more intentional than I thought.

References to child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) and neglect, discussions of infidelity, war, gun violence

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