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jeffreydg_99's review against another edition
4.0
Een boek met een vrij moeizame start. Om eerlijk te zijn vond ik Eleanor best wel vreemd en wist ik niet goed wat ik van dit boek moest vinden. Totdat de ontmoeting tussen de twee 'hoofdpersonen' uit dit boek plaatsvond. Daarna kon ik niet meer stoppen met lezen. Wat lijkt het mij heerlijk om een Eleanor in je omgeving te hebben. Fijn boek om in te duiken waarin ook mooie boodschappen zitten verwerkt. Aanrader!
katygard's review against another edition
4.0
maybe 3.5 stars? Listened to the audiobook, really enjoyed it in that form. The author is great at pacing Eleanor's character development - from deeply unlikeable and a little nuts to a person healing.
luegi's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
melissewithanereads's review against another edition
4.0
Good in the end. Struggled with the first part of the book. Would have quit but it was a book club pick so I pressed through. So glad I did!
carmenwillis's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. It was the perfect amount of sadness and funniness and it’s a 10/10
poodlemama99's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
jenpaul13's review against another edition
4.0
We all have routines and ways we cope with the craziness of the world, but for Eleanor in Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, a small deviation from routine has some rather large and lasting effects.
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Eleanor is a creature of habit, with precise timetables for various tasks, the foods she eats, and the events she attends (or more accurately doesn't). A bit of an outsider due to her tendency to state whatever she's thinking without regard for social niceties or emotional impact, Eleanor doesn't easily make friends. When her office computer needs repair, the new IT guy Raymond comes to help. As they head to their separate homes after work one day, they come across an elderly man, Sammy, who's fallen on the sidewalk. In assisting Sammy, Eleanor and Raymond are subsequently brought together time and time again in various social settings, helping each other, in their own ways, to escape the isolation of their respective lives.
Balancing heavy topics of trauma, depression, and general mental health with some levity in the observations and situations surrounding Eleanor, this novel demonstrates the complexities of the interior and exterior lives we lead and how juggling the two can sometimes require enormous effort. I have a love/hate relationship with Eleanor's obliviousness to what's going on around her - one side of it is definitely her defense mechanism to be able to function like a moderately "normal" human being (whatever that might be), which is entirely understandable, but the other side has me screaming internally for her to take a hint. I enjoyed the journey that Eleanor goes on throughout the book and was happy to see that she wasn't instantly cured, but that there's an ongoing process of recovery and self-realization taking place.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
Eleanor is a creature of habit, with precise timetables for various tasks, the foods she eats, and the events she attends (or more accurately doesn't). A bit of an outsider due to her tendency to state whatever she's thinking without regard for social niceties or emotional impact, Eleanor doesn't easily make friends. When her office computer needs repair, the new IT guy Raymond comes to help. As they head to their separate homes after work one day, they come across an elderly man, Sammy, who's fallen on the sidewalk. In assisting Sammy, Eleanor and Raymond are subsequently brought together time and time again in various social settings, helping each other, in their own ways, to escape the isolation of their respective lives.
Balancing heavy topics of trauma, depression, and general mental health with some levity in the observations and situations surrounding Eleanor, this novel demonstrates the complexities of the interior and exterior lives we lead and how juggling the two can sometimes require enormous effort. I have a love/hate relationship with Eleanor's obliviousness to what's going on around her - one side of it is definitely her defense mechanism to be able to function like a moderately "normal" human being (whatever that might be), which is entirely understandable, but the other side has me screaming internally for her to take a hint. I enjoyed the journey that Eleanor goes on throughout the book and was happy to see that she wasn't instantly cured, but that there's an ongoing process of recovery and self-realization taking place.
pollypleung's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kessler21's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Rounding Up for Goodreads.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I love the story, the message, the emotion. I love and feel for Eleanor and Raymond. I loved the slow build-up.
But something just felt wrong about this story....off. Intuitively, there are parts of Eleanor that does not make sense to me. An avid reader and crossword solver, yet she is oblivious to anything even closely associated with pop culture? In many foster homes but is not aware of popular cartoons? Years and years of the same routine suddenly broken so easily? And not just one part, of the routine broken, but everything. A complete transformation of self, almost overnite after years of solitude? Just doesn't add up to me.
But it also shows the strength of the story. The exploration of saying "I'm Completely Fine" but not being even being close to stable. What is means to be a friend, to care. How we can overcome our past and step beyond the fire, scarred but reborn.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I love the story, the message, the emotion. I love and feel for Eleanor and Raymond. I loved the slow build-up.
But something just felt wrong about this story....off. Intuitively, there are parts of Eleanor that does not make sense to me. An avid reader and crossword solver, yet she is oblivious to anything even closely associated with pop culture? In many foster homes but is not aware of popular cartoons? Years and years of the same routine suddenly broken so easily? And not just one part, of the routine broken, but everything. A complete transformation of self, almost overnite after years of solitude? Just doesn't add up to me.
But it also shows the strength of the story. The exploration of saying "I'm Completely Fine" but not being even being close to stable. What is means to be a friend, to care. How we can overcome our past and step beyond the fire, scarred but reborn.
aimeeerickson's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0