Review of 'Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
❤️
334 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 6, 2017
Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente
Gail Honeyman: Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente (Spanish language, 2017)
- ISBN:
- 978-84-16700-74-5
- OCLC Number:
- 994598423
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"Una novela calida y divertida, que despierta el intelecto y nos hace reir. Una version femenina del gran Ignatius Reilly. Eleanor Oliphant siempre dice lo que piensa. Lucha por dejar de ser alguien con pocas habilidades sociales. Se ha preparado un calendario vital cuidadoso y estricto para evitar interacciones sociales: los fines de semana los pasa sola comiendo pizza congelada y bebiendo vodka y todos los miercoles habla con su madre. Pero todo cambia cuando Eleanor conoce a Raymond, el informatico de la oficina. Juntos abandonaran la soledad en la que han estado viviendo. Una novela tierna y elegante. La historia de una heroina fuera de lo comun, cuya inexplicable rareza e ingenio descarado la llevara a darse cuenta de que la unica manera de sobrevivir en el mundo real es abriendo su corazon a la amistad."--Amazon.com.
"Smart, warm, uplifting, [this book] is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine …
"Una novela calida y divertida, que despierta el intelecto y nos hace reir. Una version femenina del gran Ignatius Reilly. Eleanor Oliphant siempre dice lo que piensa. Lucha por dejar de ser alguien con pocas habilidades sociales. Se ha preparado un calendario vital cuidadoso y estricto para evitar interacciones sociales: los fines de semana los pasa sola comiendo pizza congelada y bebiendo vodka y todos los miercoles habla con su madre. Pero todo cambia cuando Eleanor conoce a Raymond, el informatico de la oficina. Juntos abandonaran la soledad en la que han estado viviendo. Una novela tierna y elegante. La historia de una heroina fuera de lo comun, cuya inexplicable rareza e ingenio descarado la llevara a darse cuenta de que la unica manera de sobrevivir en el mundo real es abriendo su corazon a la amistad."--Amazon.com.
"Smart, warm, uplifting, [this book] is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes that the only way to survive is to open your heart."--Amazon.com.
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]
Subjects
- Novela psicología
- Social isolation
- Single women
- Intergenerational relations
- Tecnólogos
- Amistad
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- Novela romántica
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