Eggshells.

Eggshells is the story of Vivienne, a grown woman who thinks like a child. 

Vivienne is an adult orphan who has been bequeathed her Great Aunt's house in Dublin. She lives there alone and spends her days roaming the streets of the city center with her notebooks collecting words. Vivienne thinks differently from other people and is incredibly awkward in any social setting. Her quest for a friendship, a series of everyday encounters with other people, and her lists of words form the core of this character driven book.

I enjoyed the style of writing in Eggshells, it was very lyrical and it made great use of words and language but other than documenting Vivienne's daily outings and interactions nothing at all happens. What began as quirky and endearing soon became repetitive and the book lost it's charm.

There are a couple of very funny passages in the book and it was written in a way that was very unique but it's hard to write a convincing novel that has no real storyline or character progression.

 I had been in two minds as to whether I should read this or not and ultimately it disappointed me - Eggshells was a book that I was glad to finish.