Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Posted on 20 April 2017 by Gail Honeyman

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. Download Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Author Gail Honeyman – kino-fada.fr Eleanor Oliphant is completely 100% fine She goes to her office job five days a week and then treats herself to a frozen pizza and a bottle of vodka on a weekend She lives alone and doesn t have any friends, but that s okay She s doing real well, thank you very much Except maybe she isn t Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine caught me completely unawares I ll be honest I picked it up because it got some buzz and the author is British, but it actually turned out to be one of those perfectl Eleanor Oliphant is completely 100% fine She goes to her office job five days a week and then treats herself to a frozen pizza and a bottle of vodka on a weekend She lives alone and doesn t have any friends, but that s okay She s doing real well, thank you very much Except maybe she isn t Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine caught me completely unawares I ll be honest I picked it up because it ...5 Stars Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine but after finishing this novel, I am not I was completely unprepared for the life of Eleanor Oliphant and that of her Mummy To be frank, I was ill equipped to deal with it, much like Eleanor And it wrecked me At thirty years old, Eleanor Oliphant is alone in this world She always has been, actually In and out of foster care since she was a little girl, she has never been touched by anyone in a loving way and doesn t even know what that would 5 Stars Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine but after finishing this novel, I am not I was completely unprepared for the life of Eleanor Oliphant and that of her Mummy To be frank, I was ill equipped to deal with it, much like Eleanor And it wrecked me At thirty years old, Eleanor Oliphant is alone in this world She always has been, actually In and out of foster care since she was a little girl, she has never been touched by anyone in a loving way and doesn t even know what th...My reviews can also be seen at THE STARS I won an advanced copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway Thank you To be honest, I m not sure if this book would have been on my radar if I hadn t won it Although the great reviews may have pulled me in At any rate, I am so happy I read it.I LOVED THIS BOOK Just like it says in the title of the book, Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.well she thinks she is She is honestly not worried that My reviews can also be seen at THE STARS I won an advanced copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway Thank you To be honest, I m not sure if this book would have been on my radar if I hadn t won it Although the great reviews may have pulled me in At any rate, I am so happy I read it.I LOVED THIS BOOK Just like it says in the title of the book, Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.well she thinks she is She is honestly not worried that she may be missing out on anything She is content with her life.Eleanor is a little bit.odd She s very intelligent and well spoken with impeccable grammar thanks to Mummy but she lacks the ability to filter what she says and therefore she will tell you exactly what she s thinking This can lead to very awkward situations.Eleanor is comfortable with her routines She s worked at the same job for n...Eleanor Oliphant lives a fairly secluded life due to her lack of social graces and crippling self esteem and anxiety issues She works at a graphic design firm in the finance department and spends the rest of her time at home, usually drinking Her social life consists of a phone call with her mummy every week Then one day she goes to a concert, for which she won tickets in a raffle, and falls in love at first sight with a musician Eleanor decides to make some changes to herself as part of a p Eleanor Oliphant lives a fairly secluded life due to her lack of social graces and crippling self esteem and anxiety issues She works at a graphic design firm in the...I d rate this 4.5 stars.I ll admit, when I started reading Gail Honeyman s debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine , I thought about issuing a moratorium on quirky characters who can t seem to pick up social cues or are oblivious to how people usually behave when interacting with peers, coworkers, those who provide ...No No No No No No.All apologies to my lovely Goodreads friends who have liked or loved this book, but it s not for me And it s sad because I wanted it, I waited for it, and I was finally able to start it It s Mother s Day, and my family handed me bath salts and my new book and told me to go for it They know I m just crazy enough to read an entire book in one bath, and I was ready to do it.And I prepared my bath, and I began reading, and I was very quickly almost in physical pain No No No No No No.All apologies to my lovely Goodreads friends who have liked or loved this book, but it s not ...What an absolutely fantastic character Eleanor is, a character that grew on me theI read She has had a scarred childhood, though we don t learn exactly what happened until later in the story, she wears the evidence on her face She remembers little from that time only knows she was burned in a fire Raised in a series of group homes, given an apartment by social services who still check on her though she is now thirty She has few social skills, is very matter of fact, has no friends, few What an absolutely fantastic character Eleanor is, a character that grew on me theI read She has had a scarred childhood, though we don t learn exactly what happened until later in the story, she wears the evidence on her face She remembers little from that time only knows she was burned in a fire Raised in a series of group homes, given an apartment by social services who still check on her though she is now thirty She has few social skills, is very matter of fact, has no friends, few filters and has a schedule that she keeps to, a job she likes and insists she is fine Until a crush with a musician and an IT guy named Raymond derails her s...5 STARSThank you, Eleanor Oliphant Thank you for picking me up out of my reading slump Thank you for being so funny, so sad, so smart, so blunt Thank you for being a literary character that will live forever in the hearts of most anyone that reads you Oh, and a big thank you for enriching my own personal vocab My Kindle dictionary has never had such a ...I dare you not to think Elephant when you hear this title This writer is so clever We ve got the first part of elephant at the beginning of her first name, and the rest of the elephant in the last name No, of course this book is not about elephants, but the writer sometimes plays with words and that alone is a selling point for me Maybe it s sort of like subliminal advertising, except the author isn t trying to sell us elephants Eleanor Oliphant Elephant elephant elephant I can get all an I dare you not to think Elephant when you hear this title This writer is so clever We ve got the first part of elephant at the beginning of her first name, and the rest of the elephant in the last name No, of course this book is not about elephants, but the writer sometimes plays with words and that alone is a selling point for me Maybe it s sort of like subliminal advertising, except the author isn t trying to sell us elephants...4.5 stars I just loved Eleanor She is a loner and avoids social interactions and lives in isolation She speaks out without thinking, to whatever pops in her mind She has never received hugs, or held hands and has never felt loved, she never received anything when she was sad to cheer her up Never received balloons and received a balloon from Raymond with Sponge Bob on it and it was so special to her She never heard of Sponge Bob She had an awful childhood with a scar on her face and bruise 4.5 stars I just loved Eleanor She is a loner and avoids social interactions and lives in isolation She speaks out without thinking, to whatever pops in her mind She has never received hugs, or held hands and has never felt loved, she never received anything when she was sad to cheer her up Never received balloons and received a balloon from Raymond with Sponge Bob on it and it was so special to her She never heard of Sponge Bob She had an awful childhood with a scar on her face and bruises would show up all over her body She had an emotional traumatic past She wa...

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20 April 2017

Gail Honeyman