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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

Why we're reading this: Group Pick for May '18 - Modern Classic/Popular Read…more
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Jul 12, 2018 Kim rated it liked it

Shelves: finished-in-2018

This book was an easy, mostly fun read. It got a little old halfway through, though. It kind of went on and on showing us Eleanor's quirky personality without doing much to further the plot. My biggest complaint about it is that I found it annoying that the author was purposefully withholding information from me clearly with the intent to surprise me with it later. It felt patronizing and manipulative to me. Sure, this is a good trick for authors to use, but it has to be done in a way that feels ...more

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Mar 25, 2019 Laurel Bradshaw rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, daytimers-book-club, audiobook, glasgow, debut-novel, books-to-films, color-rating-red

Yet another book in the light-hearted attempt to depict characters with PTSD, autism, mental illness, or some other "misfit" category. It's a little too dark to be "chick lit" but it does have its humorous moments. I was quite captivated by Eleanor by the middle of the book and happy to cheer her on. I did think it was a bit simplistic with its too-good-to-be true resolution to what would be serious issues in "real life." So it's a quick, engaging, feel-good read, and it will be an engaging, fee ...more

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May 17, 2019 Chris C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The best message I got from this book is that virtuous and/or kind acts help the bonds between people and may have a larger impact, seemingly unknown to the giver but monumental for the receiver. The main character shows us that no man is indeed an island, even one who has suffered greatly and isn't able to easily parse her way through social mores; the plot is not new, the settings generally nondescript but the writing is clear, tightly woven, and a balm to read. ...more

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