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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

 

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Written by Gail Honeyman

Originally publish in 2017
About 325 pages
Rate: 8/10

My summary of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Eleanor is a very private person and is comfortable with where she is in life. She's worked at the same place for the past couple of years and she lives alone in her apartment. She doesn't talk to many people until one day her computer it's working properly, she meets the new IT guy named Raymond and she's thoroughly repulsed by his lack of hygiene. On the way out of work, Raymond and her help a old man who has fallen in the road. They continue visiting him in the hospital until he's fully recovered. Eleanor knows her mother would disapprove of Raymond, and so she makes a point to find a better match. She discovers an upcoming musical artist and is quick to fall in love with him. Only thing is, he doesn't know she exists.

My thoughts on Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

The beginning of this book was very hard to get through, I thought the book was going to be somewhat relatable, but I was wrong. I didn't like embarrassing interactions she had at the beginning, and I didn't like the fact that she was stalking someone she barely knew.

The middle of the book is where things started to get better, because her interactions with other people kind of made more sense. However, some times her bluntness was so extreme that it really wasn't that funny to me. There was a lot of good quotes from this book, a lot to dissect. I also really liked the ending, it was a good enough amount of closure, but enough mystery that each reader could come up with their own ending.

Quotes

"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 planets are gossamer thin, spin 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." (5)

"I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you posses it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult. Always having to prove that there's more to you, wanting people to see beneath the surface, to be loved for yourself, and not your stunning body, sparkling eyes or think, lustrous hair." (25)

"Some people, weak people, fear solitude. What they fail to understand is that there's something vert liberating about it; once you realize that you don't need anyone, you can take care of yourself." (135)


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