Comments on: Quirky Women: Mini-Reviews

By: susan

susan — Tue, 15 May 2018 22:06:55 +0000

Oh soo glad you liked Eleanor Oliphant. I did too. It came at the perfect time for me: I needed a light read after two nonfiction books and it fit the mold wonderfully. Such a lovable book in ways — sure it has some harshness & sadness about the story but Gail Honeyman seemed to knock it out of the park too. One of the reasons I knew it was a Go …. was when she uses the word Mofo …. in the story. A Scottish author talking about mofos … was awesome. I’m glad she didn’t succumb to all her trauma.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 15 May 2018 01:10:37 +0000

In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

Interesting…DM me the cop-out aspect!

As for her mom I feel like I’ve read enough mother from hell fiction lately that I didn’t want or need more details on how/why she was the way she was. So, that didn’t bother me. I got just enough of her story to satisfy me.

By: Sarah's Book Shelves

Sarah's Book Shelves — Sun, 13 May 2018 18:29:31 +0000

Another we differ on…Eleanor Oliphant! I liked it fine, but not nearly as much as everyone else and I had some issues with it. I was so curious about her relationship with her mom and wanted Honeyman to delve deeper into that and then one part of the ending felt like a cop-out to me.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 13 May 2018 00:29:29 +0000

In reply to Lauren.

Hhhmmmmm…a book conundrum. I feel as if you have given this as much of a shot as you can for now and pushing harder will not help. Maybe set it aside and revisit later?

I got the print as well and did wonder, initially, if Eleanor’s oddness was going to be too affected for me (like The Little Clan narrator) but the way Honeyman slipped in actual facts that indicated something more going on kept me reading. And then I was in love.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 11 May 2018 16:13:11 +0000

Damn it. I don’t know what to do about Eleanor. A trusted reader/editor/quirky woman friend who is a very tough critic adored this book, so I was all in to try it. I got the tree book from the library, but for some reason it just wasn’t the right time to read it. Maybe I felt too vulnerable to Eleanor at the time I start it, I don’t know, but I sent it back unread and got in line for the audiobook. Started the audiobook and it drove me nuts. Couldn’t connect. I’m not sure if it was the narrator or the story or Eleanor herself, but I didn’t get very far. I just assumed it wasn’t for me. But now that you also loved it I’m not sure what to do with it. I hate this book limbo, but I’m so glad you liked it so much and I love the quirky woman post!