I very much enjoyed this book. It has a good story and excellent main characters. I would definately recommend this book.

This was such a cute book! I absolutely loved it! The story moved along well without any big gaps or slow moving sections. I really liked the characters, I thought they were well fleshed out and were believable as a couple.

If you liked "Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine", you'll definitely enjoy The Helpline. I really enjoyed reading this , as it's a light book that also tackles important issues.
Overall a good book that I would recommend.

I loved this story and think character stories in general are brilliant. It takes real skill to write a loveable character and rely solely on this person, especially when set in the real world when you don’t have dragons and magic to rely on!

I thought this was relatable and heart warming. I read it in across 2 flights and it was the perfect companion!

Germaine is not a people person, she is a maths wiz and a sudoku lover and she just “quit” her job... well at least that’s how she remembers it.
We follow her getting a new job at the senior citizens helpline and having to interact with more and more people.

I really enjoyed how you could tell Germaine was starting to care about people more and more. Her growth was realistic, and while I feel as though I would have liked to have know more about what made her that way, I don’t think it needed to be said.

The plot was laced with humour without being awkward or uncomfortable too, and it definitely could have gone there and I’m glad it didn’t.

A strange book about strangely characters! I couldn't decide whether I liked Germaine or wanted to shake her by the shoulders, which is probably exactly what the author was aiming for. Comparisons with Elinor Oliphant are just although this was a trickier read in my opinion, my attention wasn't held completely but I kept coming back to it nonetheless. Thanks NetGalley!

Nice feel good book. It flowed very well. was easy to read. Nice characters. Good storyline. What’s not to love.

Germaine is better with numbers than she is with people. Readers who enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project would like it.

The story of Germaine. After losing her job at an insurance company, her cousin helps her get a job at the Council. She is running a helpline, but soon is helping out the Mayor - will she realise that the Mayor is only interested in herself.
Germaine reluctantly makes friends both at work and at the Senior Citizens centre. WIll she put them before her work?

Funny and well constructed I really enjoyed this book. I love the way the characters intermingle with such hilarious consequences. A perfect holiday read.

I have mixed feelings about this book
On the plus side it is very funny.
On the negative side it did make me cringe at times.
It was an ok book with some elements of humour

Lovely book, I could easily imagine it as a quaint Australian film. Quietly numerous throughout. Thanks for letting me read and review.

Germaine Johnson has a passion for anything that is mathematic related. What she doesn't have a passion for is people. However, when she finds herself unemployed, she knows she has to take a new position on a senior citizens helpline. At least she doesn't have to see the people she's supposed to help, and almost immediately she also starts collecting data to minimise inefficiencies and to improve the effectiveness of the helpline. Then Mayor Verity Bainbridge singles her our for a special and secret project in the Senior Citizens Centre and through this role she meets Don Thomas, a handsome owner of the local golf club who reminds Germaine of someone she used to admire. She's desperate to help the Mayor and Don but is it really just like the Mayor says it is? Can someone have hidden agendas?

I loved the idea of the book, where the author throws our main character Germaine, a senior mathematician who doesn't "do" people too well, direct to the forefront of a senior citizens centre scandal, so actually to deal with people, and I loved the characters. Germaine, under the surface, is truly lovable, quirky and funny. I know she can perhaps come across as cold and indifferent but believe me, she's quickly going to grow on you. Germaine might be somewhere "on the spectrum", I think, though it's actually never explained, but she could easily be a lost sister of Don Tillman, she has a touch of OCD, she's naive and is often oblivious to social cues but she has heart in the right place. She's very smart, however her EQ is rather weak, often tactless but all of those features simply make her a brilliant character to follow. And eventually she finds out what it is that's important in life.
All the characters in this book are carefully constructed and brilliantly portrayed, and the author's characterisations are full of warmth. The banter and interactions between them were believable and entertaining.

The diagrams and charts included in the book were the final touch, the icing on the cake and they were brilliant.

"The Helpline" is an amusing, dynamic and unique debut by Katherine Colette, and with tons of depth to it as well. The author provides us with plenty of amusement, lightness and fun but also her story is insightful and poignant. The further you go into the book, the more you're going to enjoy it, and in the end I simply couldn't put it down. I'm already looking towards Katherine Collette's next release, her writing style is already strong, with a distinctive voice to it that immediately thrown me into the heart of the story, full of dry humour that I like so much. Recommended!

As promised, this is witty and entertaining - but it's so much more too!

Germaine Johnson lives a fairly regimented life - just the kind that suits her. She is good at the things she likes, but has problems with anything else life throws her way. Losing her job leaves Germaine with no focus and no daily routine, so when her cousin offers to set her up with a job at the council, she is in no position to refuse. However, the 'boring' position takes on a new impetus when the mayor involves Germaine in her very own private project, but it's not as straightforward as it first seems . . .

A wonderful read! With Germaine displaying the characteristics of autism, a lot of things appear in black and white to her; a bit of a loner, she has never really had any real friends, falling prey to those who tend to use her for their own ends. Author Katherine Collette follows in the footsteps of Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project) and Gail Honeyman (Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine) in displaying a thorough understanding of those who society regards as 'different' and does great justice to them with her understanding - beautifully conveyed in this fabulous story. The characters all come alive, jumping off the page and making this a solid read, as well as a damn good one! A book which shows you that morality is alive and well, and life is exactly what you make of it! For me, this was one with double layers; superbly entertaining and well worth all the five stars I'm happy to give it.

My thanks to publisher Simon & Schuster for my copy via NetGalley. All opinions given are, of course, entirely my own.

I really didn’t enjoy this book and didn’t finish it which is something I never do. The storyline got a bit chaotic in places.

I found this book to be quite amusing, not what I had expected when I picked it up. Germaine is a somewhat complex character but you really fall in love with her throughout the book. I was a big fan of it!