Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

I enjoyed this book too, Eleanor is on the autistic spectrum and leads an isolated life, but the author manages to inject humour into situations as well as flagging up the sadness and frustrations, a bit like the book ‘A man called Ove’.

I think it is a lovely heartwarming book.

I read this book last year while in San Diego on vacation, it was a great read, couldn,t believe its taken so long to cross the pond, I took a double take when saw on shelf in Waitrose, thought my luck was in and a sequal had been written, Americans love anything British so no wonder this is a big hit Enjoy a must read.

I don’t understand why you say “took so long to cross the pond”.
Gail Honeyman lives in Glasgow and the book won the Costa First Novel Award (in the U.K.) in 2017.

This is one of my favourite books from last year. Eleanor is a wonderful character, and I'd love to read more about her.

I'm halfway through this - I love Eleanor, such a unique character. This is one of those books that you feel the need to race through to find out what happens in the end, but equally you don't want it to end.

I loved this book, too. I was afraid it would all either fail miserably or be too sugar-sweet, but the balance was just right, and I found myself really caring about the characters.

I think it would make a good film - if they do it sensitively.

I'm in a book group, we discuss the books we've read individually each month and swap books around. Several members were unenthusiastic. One, the youngest member, not a gran (!) said she enjoyed it, we often agree about books. We both liked Bee Larkham's Murder a lot.
I thought I'd try Eleanor Oliphant with no great expectations. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, torn between not wanting to put it down and wishing it would never end. I think it is brilliant and hope to read more by Gail Honeyman.