Book Club Review of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

By Gail Honeyman

PBR Book Review:

Eleanor is unique or maybe I should say odd or damaged, just her story is moving. She loves routine. She also loves crossword puzzles, pizza and vodka. As a child her mother constantly told her she was ugly and she also suffered the kind of trauma that is difficult to rationalize and impossible to forget, which is most likely the cause of her social clumsiness and inability to relate to others.

And then a few unexpected events create fissures in Eleanor�s modest world, enough to make her think about changing. Slowly, she begins to re-create herself and ultimately realizes she tin allow other people into her life.

Her journey, her warm quirky personality and the people she meets along the fashion merge together for a heartwarming, enchanting read. Recommend this gem of a debut novel.

Volume Club Talking Points:

Eleanor�south journey sheds light on mental affliction, depression, survivor guilt and how judgmental people can be. It too highlights emotional corruption, physical abuse and child neglect. Society would be all the ameliorate to remember some scars are not visible and kindness works wonders. It may also be interesting to debate where Eleanor is on the Autism spectrum � if at all. due north worthy, as are the actions and decisions of some of the characters.

*Give-and-take Questions

i. Eleanor Oliphant lives a lonely life. She is also strange. Discuss the possibilities for this behavior. Does she acquit this manner because of her very abusive mother? Does her face scar play into her being reclusive? She has no filter and says inappropriate things at times. Do y'all retrieve she has a personality disorder similar OCC or Autism? How much practise you lot call up her lack of social skills play in her wanting to be alone?

2. Eleanor loves routine and order in her life. She has no time to come dreams for herself. She has had the same job for ix years. She doesn't have whatever friends. However, she insists everything is fine. Practise you think she believes this? She drinks a lot of Vodka- is this a form of escape? If so what does it say about her?

iii. Eleanor all of a sudden decides she has met the man of her dreams when she attends a concert - she falls head over heels for a musician. Why has she called someone she has never met. Do you recollect it's considering she feels safe with him? Is this an indication she is not prepare?

4. Abusive relationships are life altering. Discuss the damage Eleanor's mother has caused. Why do you lot recall Eleanor continued her weekly telephone conversations with her mummy?

5. Why did Eleanor suddenly want to change her outward appearance? Was information technology only because of her phantom honey?

6. Discuss Eleanor'due south relationship with Raymond the IT guy. What effect did his kindness and acceptance have on her? He was actually her offset real friend - yet he was and then at odds with her beliefs in the way he dressed, ate and communicated. Why did she go on to be his friend? Discuss Raymond'south quirks - were they similar to Eleanor's?

7. Discuss Eleanor's relationship with her co-workers and her dominate. What was her perception of them initially? In the end? What inverse, them or her?

viii. Forced by Raymond to help an former man who falls in the street, at beginning Eleanor is put off and judgmental. Discuss her growth in this surface area and how this simple task of helping another inverse her life.

9. Did this story change the fashion you lot recall about people who are different or perhaps suffer from mental illness? If so how? Are you more or less tolerant?

*Give-and-take Questions By PrincetonBookReview.com - Experience free to employ with attribution.

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