Published by Viking Books on 09 May 2017
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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 realises...
The only way to survive is to open your heart.
I do exist, don't I? It often feels as if I'm not here, that I'm a figment of my own imagination. There are days when I feel so lightly connected to the earth that the threads that tether me to the planet are gossamer thin, spun sugar. A strong gust of wind could dislodge me completely, and I'd lift off and blow away, like one of those seeds in a dandelion clock.
I love quirky characters, though I admit that I was weirded out by Eleanor at first, but I gradually found her entertaining. The thing is, whenever there’s anything involving idolising celebrities (even if it’s just a local musician, like in Eleanor's case), I shut off; I’m too triggered by k-pop culture. This tinged my ability to empathise with Eleanor's loneliness, both romantic and platonic. I wasn't at all invested in or amused by her romantic pursuits, so I was thankful for Raymond who diverted my attention. He was super endearing. He thawed my heart and showed me how to appreciate Eleanor.
The story was unexpectedly dark. But it also tied up very quickly and too neatly in the end.
I don't know. I suppose I feel fine about this book. 3.5 stars.
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