The Burgess Boys

Author: Elizabeth Strout
Stars: 4
Review by: Happygirl
What I liked about this book: Strout has the ability to make the ordinary interesting. With the exception of the son who throws a pig's head into a mosque, this book is about normal people who go to college, get jobs in "the big city", get married, have kids, get divorced . . . or not. I felt like I was Olive Ketteridge when I read that book and here I feel like I am one of the Burgess kids, especially when one of the brothers tells the other he is tired of listening to him. It sounds so much like my own family. If I have any complaints, it's that the ending isn't crisp enough. After (whoops . . . spoiler alert!!!) it seems to drag on to the finish.