Review of 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
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eBook, 432 pages
French language
Published Nov. 6, 2018 by French and European Publications Inc.
Eleanor Oliphant va très bien
Gail Honeyman: Eleanor Oliphant va très bien (EBook, French language, 2018, French and European Publications Inc)
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Eleanor Oliphant est un peu speciale. Dotee d'une culture generale superieure a la moyenne, peu soucieuse des bonnes manieres et du vernis social, elle dit les choses telles qu'elle les pense, sans fard, sans ambages. Fidele a sa devise " Mieux vaut etre seule que mal accompagnee ", Eleanor evite ses semblables et prefere passer ses samedis soir en compagnie d'une bouteille de vodka. Rien ne manque a sa vie minutieusement reglee et rythmee par ses conversations telephoniques hebdomadaires avec " maman ". Mais tout change le jour ou elle s'eprend du chanteur d'un groupe de rock a la mode. Decidee a conquerir de l'objet de son desir, Eleanor se lance dans un veritable marathon de transformations. Sur son chemin, elle croise aussi Raymond, un collegue qui sous des airs negliges, va lui faire repousser ses limites. Car en naviguant sur les eaux tumultueuses de son obsession amoureuse et de …
Eleanor Oliphant est un peu speciale. Dotee d'une culture generale superieure a la moyenne, peu soucieuse des bonnes manieres et du vernis social, elle dit les choses telles qu'elle les pense, sans fard, sans ambages. Fidele a sa devise " Mieux vaut etre seule que mal accompagnee ", Eleanor evite ses semblables et prefere passer ses samedis soir en compagnie d'une bouteille de vodka. Rien ne manque a sa vie minutieusement reglee et rythmee par ses conversations telephoniques hebdomadaires avec " maman ". Mais tout change le jour ou elle s'eprend du chanteur d'un groupe de rock a la mode. Decidee a conquerir de l'objet de son desir, Eleanor se lance dans un veritable marathon de transformations. Sur son chemin, elle croise aussi Raymond, un collegue qui sous des airs negliges, va lui faire repousser ses limites. Car en naviguant sur les eaux tumultueuses de son obsession amoureuse et de sa relation a distance avec " maman ", Eleanor decouvre que, parfois, meme une entite autosuffisante a besoin d'un ami...
Review of 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I'm torn between so-so and pan (rating choices in Litsy). I guessed the "twist" from the very start. I finished the book downright irritated. I liked some of the relationships (primarily Raymond with anyone); but, overall, I'm underwhelmed (to put it nicely). The level of unbelievability is just too high. All that being said, I recognize that the range of wholly real/valid reactions to any book varies wildly, based on each reader's individual experiences up to the point of their reading.
I'm torn between so-so and pan (rating choices in Litsy). I guessed the "twist" from the very start. I finished the book downright irritated. I liked some of the relationships (primarily Raymond with anyone); but, overall, I'm underwhelmed (to put it nicely). The level of unbelievability is just too high. All that being said, I recognize that the range of wholly real/valid reactions to any book varies wildly, based on each reader's individual experiences up to the point of their reading.
Review of 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I'm torn between so-so and pan (rating choices in Litsy). I guessed the "twist" from the very start. I finished the book downright irritated. I liked some of the relationships (primarily Raymond with anyone); but, overall, I'm underwhelmed (to put it nicely). The level of unbelievability is just too high. All that being said, I recognize that the range of wholly real/valid reactions to any book varies wildly, based on each reader's individual experiences up to the point of their reading.
I'm torn between so-so and pan (rating choices in Litsy). I guessed the "twist" from the very start. I finished the book downright irritated. I liked some of the relationships (primarily Raymond with anyone); but, overall, I'm underwhelmed (to put it nicely). The level of unbelievability is just too high. All that being said, I recognize that the range of wholly real/valid reactions to any book varies wildly, based on each reader's individual experiences up to the point of their reading.
Review of 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I enjoyed this, very funny, characters are great and sweet, Gail Honeyman's writing group was very lucky to read and critique this. There were inconsistencies, though. The spoiler-ful list of inconsistencies are blogged elsewhere. I'll note that Sons of the Desert, the Laurel & Hardy movie Eleanor sits down to watch, does not have Stan & Ollie joining the Foreign Legion, that film would be Flying Deuces.
And yes, [here be spoilers] sbe gur nzbhag bs qevaxvat Ryrnabe qbrf, V vzntvarq ure gb or n zhpu ynetre jbzna, fb jura fur erprvirf Fnzzl'f fjrngre sebz uvf fba Xrvgu, V jnf fhecevfrq gung gur fjrngre jnf sne gbb ovt sbe ure gb jrne. Vg'f arire erirnyrq ubj n fvatyr zbgure bs gjb puvyqera nssbeqf n ubhfr va Znvqn Inyr naq pna nssbeq unhgr phvfvar sbe ure xvqf. Ryrnabe'f jrrxyl nhqvgbel unyyhpvangvbaf nyfb raq rknpgyl jura Ryrnabe jvfurf gurz …
I enjoyed this, very funny, characters are great and sweet, Gail Honeyman's writing group was very lucky to read and critique this. There were inconsistencies, though. The spoiler-ful list of inconsistencies are blogged elsewhere. I'll note that Sons of the Desert, the Laurel & Hardy movie Eleanor sits down to watch, does not have Stan & Ollie joining the Foreign Legion, that film would be Flying Deuces.
And yes, [here be spoilers] sbe gur nzbhag bs qevaxvat Ryrnabe qbrf, V vzntvarq ure gb or n zhpu ynetre jbzna, fb jura fur erprvirf Fnzzl'f fjrngre sebz uvf fba Xrvgu, V jnf fhecevfrq gung gur fjrngre jnf sne gbb ovt sbe ure gb jrne. Vg'f arire erirnyrq ubj n fvatyr zbgure bs gjb puvyqera nssbeqf n ubhfr va Znvqn Inyr naq pna nssbeq unhgr phvfvar sbe ure xvqf. Ryrnabe'f jrrxyl nhqvgbel unyyhpvangvbaf nyfb raq rknpgyl jura Ryrnabe jvfurf gurz gb. [/spoilers end]
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