Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon.
“A charmer...satisfyingly quirky.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Books to Breeze Through This Summer”
"This wacky, charming novel...draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance….Hilarious and moving."—People
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.
Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 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 charmer...satisfyingly quirky.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Books to Breeze Through This Summer”
"This wacky, charming novel...draws you in with humor, then turns out to contain both a suspenseful subplot and a sweet romance….Hilarious and moving."—People
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.
Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 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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bookappeal
(Grade: A) Eleanor is a great character and Gail Honeyman does an excellent job developing her story and getting the reader engaged and concerned about Eleanor and her future.
(Grade: A) Eleanor is a great character and Gail Honeyman does an excellent job developing her story and getting the reader engaged and concerned about Eleanor and her future.(Rated on Jul 9, 2017)
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274pol (Grade: A) oh Eleanor... thank you Gail for this story
(Rated on May 23, 2018)
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RemusLupin
(Grade: A–) The writing style of this book was off putting at first, but I eventually got immersed in the story. I’m usually reluctant to read books where a charming old person brings lonely people together, but this story does it just about perfectly. The narrator’s journey is well paced & feels earned, and her relationships develop naturally. I thought I had guessed most of the ending but there was one final twist that had me gasp out loud. Happy to say this book lived up to the hype & I’m glad I read it.
(Grade: A–) The writing style of this book was off putting at first, but I eventually got immersed in the story. I’m usually reluctant to read books where a charming old person brings lonely people together, but this story does it just about perfectly. The narrator’s journey is well paced & feels earned, and her relationships develop naturally. I thought I had guessed most of the ending but there was one final twist that had me gasp out loud. Happy to say this book lived up to the hype & I’m glad I read it.(Rated on Apr 7, 2019)
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epaulettes (Grade: B) I appreciated that this book was, at its core, about the importance, and rarity, of basic human kindness. And occasionally I liked the main character's unique observations on social convention. I found I wanted to know more about her past and cheered her on while she sought to come to terms with it. But I found myself often thinking I liked Bones better for a story of a socially awkward woman with a traumatic past still reaching for human connection. At least Temperance Brennan has a cool job.
(Grade: B) I appreciated that this book was, at its core, about the importance, and rarity, of basic human kindness. And occasionally I liked the main character's unique observations on social convention. I found I wanted to know more about her past and cheered her on while she sought to come to terms with it. But I found myself often thinking I liked Bones better for a story of a socially awkward woman with a traumatic past still reaching for human connection. At least Temperance Brennan has a cool job.(Rated on Sep 11, 2019)