Liz Hein's Reviews > Same As It Ever Was

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.