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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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Ok title but will not spend tight budget money on purchasing. Way to predictable.

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I finished this novel early this morning and I can already sense that it will take quite some time to recover. Beautifully written. This is a real story about real people. I know Eleanor and Raymond and I bet you do too!

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Great book that explores the effects of abuse and trauma on life, and how good friendships can help with overcoming hardship.

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Eleanor Oliphant is not only completely fine she is wonderful! Eleanor lives a very closeted, close life without all that much interaction with the world, but slowly like a bud unfolding she becomes more connected - very nicely, I might add. But a shock sends her entire life seemingly down the tubes. But with the help of others, eventually her life becomes hers again and really Eleanor Oliphant becomes more than fine, she becomes fabulously fine! This is book will stick with the reader for a long time. I simply couldn't put it down. From the start to a very satisfying ending, a marvelous book..

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It took me a little while to get into this story, but once I did, I was hooked. Eleanor Oliphant is completely original and I found myself completely immersed in her story. The ending also took me by surprise, though I also felt as though I should have seen it coming. I look forward to reading more from this author.

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Wow. This book is like a slow burn. . . I was in 50 pages or so, and was kind of meh, ambivalent about continuing to read. But, am I ever glad I did! Eleanor is not a conventional, easy-to-like person. She's prickly and odd, has horrible social skills and is not a kind or empathetic person. The author found a way, however, to slowly show tiny little chinks in Eleanor's armor that sort of make her not quite endearing, but relatable and interesting.

This book challenged my vocabulary -- I was looking up many words -- and I think I'm a pretty smart, well-read person! And somehow, I liked that. I was truly impressed to read a book about an insanely smart young worman who's not a spy or a gorgeous romance heroine or a criminal mastermind, a mom or a science fiction/fantasy main character. No BFFs, even. She's just Eleanor, making her way in the world the best way she knows how. No explosions, kidnappings, gunshots, chases, or whack-a-doo romantic situations . . . just a gentle, slow, unfolding of the life of a woman subjected to an unlucky and abusive childhood. Note to publisher: Give Gail Honeyman a big fat Gold Star and a contract for another book, please.

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