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Same As It Ever Was
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Andddd I’m sobbing
Lombardo has absolutely done it again. Same as it Ever Was is another breathtakingly observant family drama centering on a marriage ripe with years together, children to care for into adulthood, and secrets. Not thriller-esque secrets, but rather the ones that permeate most suburbs yet are very rarely explored nor revealed.
I’m not saying every family will relate to the exact situations/secrets in this book, but I’m certain most will relate to something here. Lombardo has a very specific way of exposing the universality of imperfections and takes us deeper into the motivations of characters than most. So much so I didn’t want to leave these characters even after 500 pages. I’m absolutely bereft.
Lombardo has absolutely done it again. Same as it Ever Was is another breathtakingly observant family drama centering on a marriage ripe with years together, children to care for into adulthood, and secrets. Not thriller-esque secrets, but rather the ones that permeate most suburbs yet are very rarely explored nor revealed.
I’m not saying every family will relate to the exact situations/secrets in this book, but I’m certain most will relate to something here. Lombardo has a very specific way of exposing the universality of imperfections and takes us deeper into the motivations of characters than most. So much so I didn’t want to leave these characters even after 500 pages. I’m absolutely bereft.
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March 31, 2024
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March 31, 2024
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April 1, 2024
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Jul 26, 2024 10:31AM
OMG, I just finished and am also sobbing!
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Well I guess we're all sobbing and bereft at the finish. Gut punch. I miss everyone so much!
Same same same. I was ready for the book to end and move on but then I just lost it at the end and my heart is split wide open. Gah! I am unwell.
Couldn’t have said it better!
Currently mopping my face. What an ending
Same everyone, SAME!!
Yes. I just wanted to cry at the end.
My eyes are going to be so puffy in the morning.
I’m not a crier and I dissolved into a puddle of tears after finishing this one. The more I thought about it the more I lost it. Beautiful book, with a simple and powerful message.
Now I've become so hesitant. Just as I was ready to add to my TBR list, I saw this review thread. Guarding my emotions... It's on my list anyway.
I just joined the sobfest after reading this book. Don’t let that hold you back - this book is really great!
Same here. Suddenly tears!
Sobbing. Way harder than I would have even remotely anticipated!
What a beautiful book .. so many messages! I found it profound and, I was ‘verklempt’ (a new word I learnt from reading this book).
I sobbed at the end too, those last few pages were a great way to wrap everything up.
Just finished it. Sick in bed, I read the whole book in 2 days. Her descriptions of love for children made me want to take out photo albums. I always think we who have adult children love to see other babies because it brings back memories of our own babies. I am curious about Anita’s upbringing
I so much agree. I hate these kind of stories because they make me cry so much, thinking how swiftly time goes by. Tried to explain the ending to my husband, which made him cry as well and we watched our son and daughter on the couch watching a cartoon, thinking how equally amazing and terrifying it is to watch them grow day by day; getting bigger and self-reliant which one has wished for for so long but at the same it feels like such a sorrow - and in this moment, just after finishing the book, the grief of not being constantly happy at all times being with my kids is just so palpable! Beautiful beautiful book.
beautiful book, loved the ending even though it was heartbreaking. I will say that younger readers might have difficulty connecting with and/or "getting" some of the challenges that decades of marriage can generate. A raw look at the complexities of long term relationships.
