Pat C. (Poindextra) reviewed on 6/28/2010 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book is very well-written, and does evoke a response from the reader which is the goal of good fiction. Unfortunately, the response is to want to smack the title character upside of her head. Although the book progresses in time, Olive Kitteridge doesn't seem to learn much from the situations the author puts her in. A few of the stories (ones in which Olive is only a very minor character) were worth reading, but on the whole this book was a waste of reading time.

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