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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club - Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club

By Gail Honeyman

  • Release Date: 2017-05-09
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT 

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. 

Reviews

  • Quirky and heartwarming

    4
    By Pookie1321
    Eleanor is a quirky loner, awkward in social situations. But when she becomes infatuated with a local musician, she realizes she has to become more “normal” to win his affections. She forges a friendship with coworker Raymond, who helps her crack her tough exterior. But a tragic past catches up to her, and she realizes she needs to work on herself most of all. Lovable characters, funny situations make this a fun read!

  • LOVED IT!

    5
    By shrutissss
    Loved the book from start to finish - could not stop reading until the end. We need more main characters like Eleanor Oliphant!

  • Very real life!

    5
    By PaddyCake1
    Excellent book. Easy to read and follow the story. Thoughts and prayers were evident and helped the people work through their jobs and their personal lives. The story could have been real. Everything seemed like it was in real life.

  • Unexpected pleasure

    5
    By Reading Llama
    Having had no idea what to expect, I really enjoyed this journey!! We can learn a lot from Eleanor’s story.

  • Love it!

    5
    By Carolinef0711
    Took a bit to get into this book but once I did it was an incredible story!

  • Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine

    5
    By SavvyReadr
    Completely touched by the characters, cried and laughed out loud as I read this book. A read on a person being so socially handicapped and lonely. And people’s kindness helps her grow and overcome so many challenges I take for granted. Well written definitely recommend!

  • Beautiful!

    5
    By Jersey Shore Girl 1014
    A wonderfully delightful and sad novel. It’s beautifully written with a flawed and quirky young woman named Eleanor at its center. Her trials and tribulations, her joys and her horrors. Simply put….I loved Eleanor and I loved this book.

  • Eleanor Oliphant is Perfectly Fine

    5
    By Talker26
    One of my favorite books. I read it twice. It was clever with fascinating characters, especially Eleanor. If you haven’t read this book, you must!

  • Page turner!

    5
    By Dzefb
    The very touching story is an original one and I was completely engaged from the first paragraph to the final word.

  • Great read

    4
    By esherry6
    I enjoyed reading this book. The main character, Eleanor, is very well drawn and I liked the author’s style of writing. I did feel a bit let down by the last section of the book. I would have liked more of what was hinted at and partially revealed about Eleanor to have been explained in more depth. That said, however, I do recommend this book and its author.

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