A review by eitch
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

4.0

 

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine… and so are we all.

From the outside, to other people, Eleanor is peculiar, rude, hard to deal with. She doesn’t understand her coworkers and peers, and they don’t understand her either. To me, however, as someone who has been in Eleanor’s shoes numerous times: it’s unbelievably obvious how rude and annoying they all are.

At some point, Raymond asks her if she speaks any other languages to advance her career and her answer was that she was fluent in Latin! This was the  most relatable moment in the book to me.

This book has been suggested to me in the past, but I never bothered looking it up, thinking it wasn’t my cup of tea seeing as it was unlike other books I’ve read.

I went in blindly and I’m glad I did.