Annabel Gutterman, “Tell Me Everything’ by Elizabeth Strout,”
in “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024,” TIME, Nov 13, 2024.NY Times: An abundance of insights
““Tell Me Everything” offers readers an abundance of the searing and plain-spoken insights for which Strout is beloved.... Strout looks, she sees. And when we read her books — oh! — so do we.”
Alexis Schaitkin, “Elizabeth Strout Gets the Gang Back Together for a Murder Mystery,” New York Times, Sept 9, 2024.
Boston Globe: A rich tapestry, intricately wrought yet effortlessly realized
“‘Tell Me Everything’ … brings together Strout’s most indelible characters in a rich tapestry, intricately wrought yet effortlessly realized, both suspenseful and meditative.”
Priscilla Gilman, “In ‘Tell Me Everything,’ Elizabeth Strout finds the big hearts behind some of New England’s most tight-lipped townspeople,” Boston Globe, Sept 4, 2024.
FT: A book with a big heart
“Strout delivers that most terrible and yet important of literary clichés: a book with heart.… Like all the best literary landscapes, [the town of] Crosby is everywhere, its people are all of us and their stories matter. ”
Alice Fishburn, “Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout — a small-town story with a big heart,” The Financial Times, Sept 4, 2024.
SF Chronicle: A generous, compassionate novel
“Set in Maine, Elizabeth Strout’s “Tell Me Everything” is a generous, compassionate novel about the human need for connection, understanding and love, and the damage that occurs when those things are denied. The story brings together Strout’s most beloved characters from previous books — Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and the Burgess Boys — in a series of episodes that span a year, a time of great change.”
Laurie Hertzel, “Review: Elizabeth Strout brings together beloved characters in novel about connection,” Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 30, 2024.