Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

325 pages

English language

Published Oct. 27, 2018

ISBN:: 978-0-7352-2069-0
Goodreads:: 39961982

(15 reviews)

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel by Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2017 Costa Debut Novel Award. The story centres on Eleanor Oliphant, a social misfit with a traumatic past who becomes enamoured with a singer, whom she believes she is destined to be with. The novel deals with themes of isolation and loneliness, and depicts Eleanor's transformational journey towards a fuller understanding of self and life.

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5 stars

I will always stan for socially-awkward protagonists, and this is a very funny book when it mines Eleanor's POV for observations of other people, and very heartbreaking when it goes into her back story. The sweetness of it all is really helped by the fact that the only character who is NOT understanding, thoughtful, and kind (other than some minor workplace bullies who appear at the very beginning and never again), turns out to be entirely imaginary.