Thank you, Gail Honeyman– I totally looked forward to reading your novel each night when I went to bed, enjoying the humour, the highs and the lows, and turning the pages, manically reading to find out the reason for Eleanor being the way she was. All I wanted was for good things to happen for her. As odd as she was, I really liked the character. Frustratingly!Īs I continued to read ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’, the authentic voice of Eleanor was a delight to hear in my mind, endearing me to her. She is very good at not giving storylines away. Which she did on a couple more occasions when I asked her about other parts of the story. Strangely, my comment was met with silence from my daughter.

‘Eleanor’s mother is not so nice, is she?’ I said. We are living and breathing stories, shaped by our experiences.Ī couple of days later my daughter said, ‘Have you met Raymond yet?’ Life experience has taught me that everybody has a reason for they way they behave. Once I began reading, it was obvious that Eleanor Oliphant was not completely fine, and from that moment, I knew I was in for a treat. It’s a natural assumption, based on predicting a story by the cover. ‘Thanks,’ I said, and turned the book over this way and that, checking out the cover design. Thankfully, my daughter came to the rescue with a book she had just finished, ‘Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’. Panic set in when I realised I didn’t have a novel to read before bed.

Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Eleanor oliphant review