Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
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A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!” —Reese Witherspoon
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .
The only way to survive is to open your heart.
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
“Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection. I fell in love with Eleanor, an eccentric and regimented loner whose life beautifully unfolds after a chance encounter with a stranger; I think you will fall in love, too!” —Reese Witherspoon
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .
The only way to survive is to open your heart.
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Community Reviews
I devoured this book! Its a âmust readâ.
I absolutely fell in love with the character Eleanor. She is hilariously honest....witty and genuinely a good person. I laughed out loud at her precise assessment of many social situations and personality types.
I was also pleased to see the way this story ended for Eleanor.
I plan to read other books by this author in the future!
I absolutely fell in love with the character Eleanor. She is hilariously honest....witty and genuinely a good person. I laughed out loud at her precise assessment of many social situations and personality types.
I was also pleased to see the way this story ended for Eleanor.
I plan to read other books by this author in the future!
Totally not what I was expecting. A quick but heavy read. Left a lot to the imagination which was good.
The story centers on Eleanor Oliphant, a social misfit with a traumatic past who becomes enamored with a singer, whom she believes she is destined to be. The novel deals with themes of isolation and loneliness and depicts Eleanor's transformational journey towards a fuller understanding of self and life.
As you might expect, the book is mainly about Eleanor's journey to reintegrate herself into society. Despite its somewhat dark premise of a woman with a mental illness who has suffered abuse, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is actually a lighthearted and rather heartwarming story.
As you might expect, the book is mainly about Eleanor's journey to reintegrate herself into society. Despite its somewhat dark premise of a woman with a mental illness who has suffered abuse, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is actually a lighthearted and rather heartwarming story.
2.5/5
While a lot of readers speak highly about this book, I really don't understand the hype for this rather clichéd, superficial, unrealistic book.
Full review on the blog: https://the-literary-adventures-of-a-french-reader.com/blog/eleanor-oliphant
While a lot of readers speak highly about this book, I really don't understand the hype for this rather clichéd, superficial, unrealistic book.
Full review on the blog: https://the-literary-adventures-of-a-french-reader.com/blog/eleanor-oliphant
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