Dewey Mugyoo

I don’t have words. HUGE fan. Both the original and this sequel. I think Elizabeth Strout is magical. Her characters are REAL friggen people with stunning relatability. I’ll stop trying to describe it. I am no writer. Suffice to say her books make me feel ALL the things a human can.

I was brought to this novel via an inquiry into comparisons with my favorite novel “East of Eden.” I found Giants unique in that it isn’t so much a story of happenings as it is a detailed description of the personal psychologies of the settlers themselves. As a reader of primarily modern American novels, that took some getting used to. It is worth the read, even if it in no way compares to Steinbeck’s East of Eden after all.