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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

Start date: September 1, 2018

Finish date: September 30, 2018

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Jun 07, 2019 Katerina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A wonderful book with great lessons for everyone!
I enjoyed the story so very much!
It was very interesting to follow the character development of the main character and how she reacted to the new people in her life and what emotions she felt...
The possibilities that open to a person's life when meeting nice people which show kindness, understanding and care for you is an amazing process to read about!
The main relationship of the book is something that I find very refreshing to be honest becaus ...more

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Nov 27, 2020 Moji Delano added it

I don’t think I liked this book.
The writing was good, but it felt too heavy for me on many levels.
Kept wondering, and still wondering why the book is so popular.
I like that it’s realistic and focuses on mental health, pain and loneliness in a way I’ve never really thought about, but for me it just evoked feelings of gloom I wasn’t very comfortable with.
Books are meant to help see things through the eyes of well developed characters but here I just didn’t connect.
Would I recommend it? No. But no ...more

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