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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Aug 25, 2019 Veronika rated it really liked it

"I suppose one of the reasons we’re all able to continue to exist for our allotted span in this green and blue vale of tears is that there is always, however remote it might seem, the possibility of change."

I fell in love with the witty and independent Eleanor immediately. It's a sad but heartwarming story about loneliness, childhood traumas and the importance of friendship to overcome these. ...more

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Nov 29, 2020 emilie.❤ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantastic-characters, adult, kindle, sm-finds

Tiny slivers of life - they all added up and helped you to feel that you too could be a fragment, a little piece of humanity who usefully filled a space, however miniscule.

This made me find joy in reading books again.

While Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is repeatedly described as “hilarious”, I feel “uplifting” would be a more appropriate word. I adore the way Eleanor illustrates everyday things for the reader-from bikini waxes to McDonald’s-but under the surface, she’s suffering. She’ ...more

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Mar 16, 2018 Joan Funk rated it it was amazing

This is a hard book to review. It tells the story of a lonely woman , Eleanor, who has been very badly miss treated as a child (that’s a gross understatement). It’s the story of how she came to terms with what her life had been and what it might be. While the book is ends on a hopeful note it certainly has parts that I found gut wrenching, heartbreaking, in some cases probably a little too close to home. But Eleanor Olliphant is a survivor even though she may not know that at the beginning. You ...more

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Apr 11, 2019 Lucille Bransfield rated it really liked it

I really liked getting to know Eleanor. Her character was so real to me. I know there is a lot to her background, however I still think she is on the spectrum of Autism. Maybe it’s just me. Lol. I fell for Raymond too. Very well done and kept my interest from beginning to end. I think Eleanor will stay with me for a while.

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