This book was presented by a Twitter friend of mine last year. Since then I heard a lot of positive things about it on booktube videos, and I finally started reading it last month, finishing last night.
I had so big an expectation that the book would be a good read, and now that I finished it, I feel I was wrong. The book is much more than good!!😳 It is precious. Eleanor is precious.
Eleanor Oliphant lives a quiet, decent life working as an office worker. She goes to work on weekdays, treats herself with a pizza from Tesco and some glasses of vodka on Fridays. She has no close friends. She talks with Mummy on the phone every Wednesday night. That's about it. Her life.
She is completely satisfied with her life, or so she seems.
One day, however, a coworker, Raymond comes into her life and everything changes for Eleanor. It also changes herself for good.
At first, Eleanor sounds like a little bit eccentric person sticking to her own way. She is not sociable but pretty straightforward in her words. So people might think she is strange or cold, but deep down, she is such a fragile person with a gentle heart. She just doesn't know how to show her kindness to other people because she has not been treated as such. But as she gets to know Raymond better, she starts to realize how happy she can feel about what little things other people do for her such as the warm hand on her back.
This feeling of hers when she notices other people's kindness also warm my heart, and I found myself smiling☺️
Not everything that happens to her is good, though. There are some things that tear her heart at times. But then, you will feel very proud of Eleanor becoming so strong as to deal with them!
I give Eleanor 5 stars!!😊
昨年ツイ友さんに送ってもらっていたこの本、やっと読みました。
読んでる間いろいろいろいろ考えたのに、なかなか上手く言葉に出来ません。
エレノアは淡々と毎日を過ごしていて、決まったルーティンをこなしているだけだけど、それで十分と思っている会社員。頭が良く論理的な彼女は感情を表に出さないし、他人をあまり気遣うということもしない（本人はしているつもり）ので、ちょっと煙たがられている。友達は居なくて、職場以外で話をするのは『ママ』だけ。金曜の夜にテスコのピザを買ってウォッカを飲みながら食べるのが楽しみ。
そんな彼女がレイモンドと会い、彼と一緒に道で倒れた老人を助けたことから、少しずつ変わっていく…
簡単に言うとそんな話です。
でもそんな簡単じゃないんです（笑）
最初は「ちょっとヘンな人」に思えるエレノアが、だんだん愛しくなってきます。
彼女の過去が明らかになるにつれて、胸が苦しくなったりもするんだけど、彼女の気持ちの変化を感じるのが嬉しい。
「あぁ良かったね☺️」って心から応援したくなるの…♡
彼女の独特なユーモアのセンスもクスっとさせられます。（独特な語彙には苦労しますがww ）
ラストには「ええっ⁉️Σ(*ﾟェﾟ*)」という部分もあり、最初から最後まで楽しめました！
I had so big an expectation that the book would be a good read, and now that I finished it, I feel I was wrong. The book is much more than good!!😳 It is precious. Eleanor is precious.
Eleanor Oliphant lives a quiet, decent life working as an office worker. She goes to work on weekdays, treats herself with a pizza from Tesco and some glasses of vodka on Fridays. She has no close friends. She talks with Mummy on the phone every Wednesday night. That's about it. Her life.
She is completely satisfied with her life, or so she seems.
One day, however, a coworker, Raymond comes into her life and everything changes for Eleanor. It also changes herself for good.
At first, Eleanor sounds like a little bit eccentric person sticking to her own way. She is not sociable but pretty straightforward in her words. So people might think she is strange or cold, but deep down, she is such a fragile person with a gentle heart. She just doesn't know how to show her kindness to other people because she has not been treated as such. But as she gets to know Raymond better, she starts to realize how happy she can feel about what little things other people do for her such as the warm hand on her back.
This feeling of hers when she notices other people's kindness also warm my heart, and I found myself smiling☺️
Not everything that happens to her is good, though. There are some things that tear her heart at times. But then, you will feel very proud of Eleanor becoming so strong as to deal with them!
I give Eleanor 5 stars!!😊
昨年ツイ友さんに送ってもらっていたこの本、やっと読みました。
読んでる間いろいろいろいろ考えたのに、なかなか上手く言葉に出来ません。
エレノアは淡々と毎日を過ごしていて、決まったルーティンをこなしているだけだけど、それで十分と思っている会社員。頭が良く論理的な彼女は感情を表に出さないし、他人をあまり気遣うということもしない（本人はしているつもり）ので、ちょっと煙たがられている。友達は居なくて、職場以外で話をするのは『ママ』だけ。金曜の夜にテスコのピザを買ってウォッカを飲みながら食べるのが楽しみ。
そんな彼女がレイモンドと会い、彼と一緒に道で倒れた老人を助けたことから、少しずつ変わっていく…
簡単に言うとそんな話です。
でもそんな簡単じゃないんです（笑）
最初は「ちょっとヘンな人」に思えるエレノアが、だんだん愛しくなってきます。
彼女の過去が明らかになるにつれて、胸が苦しくなったりもするんだけど、彼女の気持ちの変化を感じるのが嬉しい。
「あぁ良かったね☺️」って心から応援したくなるの…♡
彼女の独特なユーモアのセンスもクスっとさせられます。（独特な語彙には苦労しますがww ）
ラストには「ええっ⁉️Σ(*ﾟェﾟ*)」という部分もあり、最初から最後まで楽しめました！
