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It is a character-driven book. There is very little in the way of plot outside of character development, which is 100% my cup of tea.

There’s a quote that floats around I can’t remember the specifics of, but it’s something to do with Polio (maybe it’s a Roosevelt quote?): I’ve got Polio no matter what, so I can choose to be happy or sad. Along the lines with the previous point, I enjoyed that Honeyman found a way to make humorous some of things that stemmed from horrible events.

There is always comedy in tragedy. Bad things happen to good people, and that’s just the reality.

Honeyman isn’t flippant in the discussion of these thing, she just doesn’t weigh heavily the victimhood aspect of this. Thinking back on this book, I’m amazed that such challenging subjects could be handled so lightly.

Heavy subjects are handled delicately.

Her quirks and mannerisms all feel authentic. She is completely her own character and as such, feels very, very real.

There is no other Eleanor Oliphant in fiction.

Why I enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine:

Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. If she does, she'll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship-and even love-after all. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living.

Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.īut everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine I’m glad I did.Įleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeymanīuy on Amazon, Buy on Barnes & Noble, Buy from The Book Depository After hearing it recommended left and right, I finally took the time to read it. If you haven’t seen Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine around, then you might be living under a rock even more than I am.