My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)
Elizabeth Strout
3 ratings • 1 reviews
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)
Elizabeth Strout
3 ratings • 1 reviews
Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable.
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While I can appreciate that this was a character study and an examination of poverty, abuse, and family relationships, for me this book was a bit slow and too vague.
The voice was informal and gentle, but I wanted more from Lucy. I wanted more of her opinions and to feel more emotion from her other than melancholy and love. I felt like I was too regularly left to draw my own inferences throughout this book. I guess I wanted to be spoon-fed a bit more?
There were a few times when a line would stick out to me, and if I'd had an ebook version I definitely would have highlighted those quotes, but it was too much effort to arrange updates of those quotes with the audiobook.
While I enjoyed the book club discussion, for me the book lacked some tension and I think I will very quickly forget it entirely, so that leaves me with a 2.0-2.5 star rating of 'okay'.
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