Eleanor Oliphant va très bien

eBook, 432 pages

French language

Published Nov. 6, 2018 by French and European Publications Inc.

ISBN:
978-1-5479-0821-9
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4 stars (12 reviews)

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 …

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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.

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