A review by mckmillican
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

5.0

Oh, Lucy! This is my first foray into Elizabeth Strout (not sure where I’ve been all these years) and I read this as a standalone book, and didn’t realize I was reading the third book in a series until deep into it. It works just fine on its own, and I’m excited to work through the rest of the series. If Strout were a lesser writer, I would have found the meandering tone of the narrator cutesy and grating, but instead, I was completely hooked on everywhere we meandered to. I felt as though I could feel everything the narrator was feeling in the center of my chest. The book made my heart hurt and made me want to fall back in love with all of my ex boyfriends.