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.Eleanor Rigby

by: Douglas Coupland

May 23, 2005
Well, Eleanor Rigby is a definite improvement on Girlfriend in a Coma. The characters are well-drawn and I did care about them: and there are plenty of witty Coupland-esque observations on modern life and some beautiful moments and turns of phrase. There's a lot about sight/blindness which is interesting, and the narrator is quirky and offbeat and all the things a narrator should be.

However, I found the moves through time only confused me, and I couldn't work out what (if any) purpose they served. The actual format of the novel itself is never explained, as it starts as a fairly traditional novel, but in the later stages it is strongly suggested that actually the narrator is writing this down like a sort of diary. I couldn't work ... Read More:
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