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
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
Took a while to warm to this- Eleanor is like a cross between Ove and Sheldon, except completely unlikeable. Then you begin to discover there may be a very good reason for this, and she breaks down your defenses and you start to root for her. Many of of her observations were completely accurate if Iâm being honest, particularly the ones about literacy or a lack thereof. Her relationship with Raymond was cathartic and beautifully depicted. Iâve never seen a character with this great an ability to compartmentalize, and the story unfolded in the most interesting way.
As we come to the end of 2020 I was looking to read a novel that is funny and perhaps light hearted. This was definitely not it for me. I had thought Eleanor would be similar to Fredrick Backmanâs Britt-Marie and she made me laugh out loud. Eleanor on the other hand seemed like such a sad character. I also guessed the plot twists before they happened. Perhaps having a background in social work took away from this novel. I know so many people loved it.
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