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jefrye t1_j99vls4 wrote

I liked it, but I like reading about deeply flawed characters. Eleanor isn't an easy character, but she felt three-dimensional and was easy to empathize with.

I also appreciated that the author gave her real personality issues (and fairly unusual ones at that) instead of making her mostly perfect with a token "flaw" that isn't actually that important in the name of believability, which seems to be the approach that many contemporary authors take.

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Wingkirs t1_j9akpbr wrote

Exactly. Her mental health issues weren’t glamorized.

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RakeishSPV t1_j9d1jao wrote

Really? I feel she reads like what a majority of Redditors would like to think of themselves as, down to the lack of self awareness and victimhood. I think that probably explains a large part of its popularity as well.

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