“In Oprah’s most recent Book Club pick, Tell Me Everything, Olive … returns — and she is not alone. Throughout Strout’s work, 25 characters appear in more than one of her novels; Tell Me Everything features 23 of them. For an author renowned for her ability to capture the overlapping histories and rich particularities of each and every character, bringing so many of them together is an ecstatic gift to her readers: a literary fantasy fulfilled.”
Charley Burlock, “Elizabeth Strout’s Universe, Explained Oprah Daily, Sep 18, 2024.