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DNF @ 22%
Real Rating: 1.5* of five
This read was down there with Gone Girl in my Hall of Shame. I was squicked out from the get-go by the premise, but got the book for a Goodreads group read...I should just know better than to violate my gut's response.
The prose is honeyed (see what I did there, Author Honeyman?) and the words are well-meaning...I don't think this book was perpetrated, like I felt Gone Girl to be...but the gestalt was as anger-inducing to me as Punk'd was. This is somehow odd? An ...more
Real Rating: 1.5* of five
This read was down there with Gone Girl in my Hall of Shame. I was squicked out from the get-go by the premise, but got the book for a Goodreads group read...I should just know better than to violate my gut's response.
The prose is honeyed (see what I did there, Author Honeyman?) and the words are well-meaning...I don't think this book was perpetrated, like I felt Gone Girl to be...but the gestalt was as anger-inducing to me as Punk'd was. This is somehow odd? An ...more
I wanted this story to go on forever, I was that immersed in Eleanor's journey. Incredible read told in first person!
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You can always tell when you are reading a book whether or not it will leave an impact on you. I thought this would leave an impact for sure, but I'm surprised by how much I still mull over this little gem. Eleanor is such an odd woman, but Gail writes so brilliantly that most women would be able to relate to facets of her personality. Gail pulled me in so effortlessly that while turning every page, I was rooting for a woman I probably wouldn't have been friends with in real life. It also made m
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Whoa. This book was intense. I couldn’t put it down.
One thing that always gets me is these amazing books that then package the ending in 2 pages. That was the only disappointment. But I couldn’t fathom giving it 4 stars just for that.
The beauty of friendship, compassion and acceptance is in this book.
One thing that always gets me is these amazing books that then package the ending in 2 pages. That was the only disappointment. But I couldn’t fathom giving it 4 stars just for that.
The beauty of friendship, compassion and acceptance is in this book.
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I expected to dislike this. I don't tend to like books that have high ratings. Living with a mental illness myself I enjoyed this. I think it's one I'll keep thinking about.
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Time to reread Eleanor Oliphant. This may not be your favorite book if you don't like how Eleanor thinks, talks, reasons, copes, suffers; how she struggles to understand who she is, how to be "normal" in the world, learns to love, allows herself to be loved ... and has the courage to face the past.
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Jan 22, 2018
Stuart
marked it as to-read
Apr 15, 2018
Krissy
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Jan 31, 2020
Robin Brown Clune
marked it as to-read
