I found myself rooting for her changes and wishing for her to get better. Yet, I kept on turning the page to find out what happens in her life and as I read on, I began to understand Eleanor, as well as myself, were far away from “fine.” The protagonist is mean, rude, inconsiderate, disrespectful and outright judgmental. In the initial chapters, I’d often find myself asking why was I even reading it. Honeyman has craftily created the character that will resonate with the reader at one point or the other. The novel reflects on this aspect through the absolutely fine life of Eleanor Oliphant. I reckon we are conditioned to not speak of the battles that rage in our heads and to put on a brave, happy facade that everything is absolutely, completely fine.

“I’m Fine” comes out as a standard response when anyone asks “How are you?” even when one might be anything but Fine. Through a series of events, the reader learns of her trauma and witnesses her character growth. While on a pursuit to find and connect with her crush, a local singer Johnnie, her life takes a turn for good when she gets acquainted with Raymond, a character quite contrasting to her. She is academically good, enjoys doing crosswords during her lunch breaks and doesn’t pay much or any attention to her appearance. Describing herself as “absolutely fine”, Eleanor is quite condescending towards others. Having been raised in a few foster-cares, she leads a solitary life and seems quite content with it. “There was, it seemed, no Eleanor-shaped social hole for me to slot.” Her weekends were dedicated to frozen pizzas, bottles of vodka and conversations with her mummy. She is a social misfit who does everything by the routine that avoids social situations/interactions as much as possible. The book revolves around the life of a 29 year old Eleanor Oliphant, a finance clerk at a graphic design company in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a cleverly written piece that speaks of human emotions and connections, friendships, trauma, isolation as well as denial and healing.

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