The thing is of course that Eleanor doesn’t realise that it’s considered rude or “not done” to say some of the things she does, like when she declines the offer of a drink from a guy because then she’d be obligated to buy him one in return and she has no desire to spend two drinks worth of time with him. I sat in the garden cackling (as J likes to say I do when I’m laughing and really enjoying myself) at her actions and words and wishing I could be more like Eleanor. At about 20% I was hooked, at 40% I was totally in love with Eleanor and her story – as well as her very blunt and very logical approach to (most things in) life. She was definitely socially inept in a sort of comical way, but was she smart, did she care about anyone, what – in essence – was her deal? Ultimately I decided to buy the book because of the outstanding reviews – and as you may have gathered, I was not sorry.Īll this to say that if you start this and have your doubts I would strongly recommend that you persevere. It seemed like exactly my kind of book, yet I hadn’t really connected with it at this point. After having finished the free sample portion of the Kindle edition I was still in doubt about this book.
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