The story revolves around the central character Eleanor, a forever healing mortal being who likes to stick to her routine: work throughout the week, leave for office on time and step out likewise, buy herself a pizza and two bottles of vodka on every Friday, and get drunk in the whirlwind of the weekend until Monday arrives. Debut author Honeyman touches the sensitive and gray areas such as loneliness, mental illness, trauma and abuse persisting in the society with such finesse, that you would barely notice this is her first attempt in the world of words. The more you get to know her, the more you love her and don’t wish to let go of her. Twenty-nine-year-old accounting clerk Eleanor opens her vulnerable world with utmost honesty. And she portraits it right through her protagonist Eleanor, whose tragi-comic life grips you hard in the gut. Loneliness is a new cancer! A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it, says the author Gail Honeyman. I wish I had read it sooner but better late than never! Eleanor Oliphant is heartwarming and heartbreaking both. This book truly helped me get out of my reading slump, slowly making its way into my heart and not wanting to leave the place ever. I am glad I decided to examine Eleanor Oliphant for my debut. But have always wanted to.Īnd so, I started looking for my first book like a wild streak.

Disclaimer: I have never reviewed a book before.

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