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ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE BY GAIL HONEYMAN


 This book was the one in hype for so long and I was super excited in reading this. But unfortunately I didn't get the hype that all others got but yes it is really a very good story .
It was totally a very deep story which someone will be living somewhere right at the moment and the thought of this forms a lump in my throat . Yes, the life of Eleanor Oliphant is tragically sad yet it is narrated in humorous way. I was laughing at many places.
This book talks about Eleanor Oliphant in her thirties who had a tragic childhood and is the brave survivor of it. She lives a completely isolated life and her loneliness completely sucks. One could in no way imagine such a life. She meets a singer and in first sight finds him to be the one made for her and to bring her out of her own life. Will Eleanor be able to come back to a normal life like others?The story unwinds her journey of dealing with the past and getting ready to face the future.
The writing of the story is so good. The level of humor is correctly portrayed and showed the sadness as well. The characters are only a few and is wonderfully plotted. Raymond of all is my favourite. The book was indifferent until the last where something unexpected appears and that was when I got to understand the intensity of what Eleanor was undergoing. Trust me it is worth reading.
The language was easy and had a very good flow for reading. The story gave me a message that I realize was that people deal with things that could be anything beyond our imagination. A single smile could be miracle in someone's life. The book was a very different experience for me not like those that I get crazy on but was a gentle read on the whole.
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