I didn't mind this book but I didn't also like it, it's kind of a "eh" book. The overall theme of suicide I think is what killed it for me (get it? ha) but it was very well written once you get used to Strout's writing style.

Also, there are a few stories I would have liked Strout to expand on and develop more completely. A lot of the characters she introduced left me wanting more with no closure for most or hint in the other compounded stories that they were a part of the town she created.