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Book for March is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
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Mar 03, 2018 11:19AM
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Yay! Just downloaded the kindle version. Can't wait to dive into this one.
I'll definitely join in. Hopefully we'll have a more active discussion at the end of the month.
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I'm really enjoying this one so far. She is so engaging! I hope everybody else is having as much fun with it as I am.
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I only got it yesterday so only just started! Read about 10% of it and yeah, great read, got dark REAL fast though
I loved this book so much! I hope it wins the womens prize
What did everyone think of the book? I loved this one. Although they never specifically said, I found myself thinking she might be on the autistic spectrum. Or perhaps her symptoms were more a result of early trauma. Or maybe both. Since I have a nephew on the spectrum I kept going back to that. It was wonderful to see her opening up and expanding her little world as the story unfolded.
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I didn't really like Eleanor in the beginning. She seemed really arrogant. But it was all her mom's fault. She was raised to think herself better.
It got me thinking how much of behaviour is shaped by our parents.
I am most struck by this quote:"The problem was that I simply didn’t know how to make it right. Mummy’s way was wrong, I knew that. But no one had ever shown me the right way to live a life, and although I’d tried my best over the years, I simply didn’t know how to make things better. I could not solve the puzzle of me."
I think she is a great person for making such progress.
I'm late to the game, but I finished this book at the end of April. I'm a huge fan of dry humor, so this book was perfect for me. I can't remember the last protagonist that I liked as much as I like Eleanor.
