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Nothing much happens in this book but bit by bit we learn more about Eleanor and bit by bit she learns to engage with the world and bit by bit I am becoming interested in her journey and her past.

Eleanor Oliphant is a strange one, an awkward loner with an exaggeratedly formal way of speaking, with no social graces whatsoever and a lack of self awareness that has her judging others on their supposedly poor social skills. I’m finding Eleanor neither charming or funny as others readers have, and having a laugh, if that were possible, would be at her expense.

Eleanor Oliphant is a strange one, an awkward loner with an exaggeratedly formal way of speaking, with no social graces whatsoever and a lack of self awareness that has her judging others on their supposedly poor social skills. I’m finding Eleanor neither charming or funny as others readers have, and having a laugh, if that were possible, would be at her expense.