Hi! I'm Olivia from Olivia's Catastrophe and
today I'm here to give you the five
reasons why you should read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
And I will also be having a giveaway at
the end of this video. So Eleanor Oliphant
is Completely Fine is about Eleanor who
is this character who does everything
the same every day. She wears the same
clothes to work, she does the same
crossword puzzle, she eats the same lunch,
she comes home at the same time, but on
the weekends she buys the same two
bottles of vodka to drink every single
weekend. So she is an alcohol addict.
However, that is not all that this story
is about even though it is quite
centered on that. The first reason why you
should read this one is because the
themes are so well done. The main theme I
got from this one is actually kindness
and how kindness can go quite a long way.
And I think it's so important to see
that in books because although kindness
is kind of something that's taken for
granted or is made a theme or something
that we should do in real life we don't
really see it as a focus of a lot of
books. And I think this one handled that
theme incredibly well. As well as the
theme of loneliness and how it affects
people and how it can be so very
isolating. Of course, there's also the
theme of addiction and it kind of breaks
that down and deals with that. The second
reason why she read with this one is
because the writing is absolutely
amazing. The author knows how to
manipulate your feelings and your
thoughts to make you feel certain things,
to make you think certain things. And the
author just totally is in control
throughout this book. You won't even
notice it.
Eleanor's development arc is also very
very strong. In the beginning, you know,
when you start reading it you don't know
if you'll actually like her character.
She's quite a bit tetchy, quite a bit
mean but she just develops wonderfully
throughout the novel. There is so much
development of her character. And would also say
Raymond's character too. He
goes through quite a lot and he comes
out a better person at the end of it I
believe. I would like to think that and I
think that character development is done
very very well.
Fourth reason why you should do this one
is because the plot is structured very
well. You will want to know what has
happened to Eleanor and her past to make
her the way that she is. You would want
to know what's going to come off the
ending of her chasing after this music
star. You are going to be very curious.
And it's just gonna keep you turning and
turning and turning those pages. And the
fifth reason why is how the title
applies. The title applies to this book
very differently throughout the book. In
the beginning Eleanor Oliphant is completely
fine. She really is. She's fine with the
way she's living her life day in day out.
In the middle you believe she's fine for
a different reason.
And at the end you believe she's fine
for a different reason as well. And I loved
how the title was just such a good
reflection of all the different ways
that you can be fine. And what is the
good definition of fine? Should we be
saying that we feel fine? What does fine
even mean? And I loved how I felt that
way at the end of the book. So now let's
talk about this giveaway. So by chance I
actually have two copies of this book
and I'd like to give one of them to you
guya. So if you would like to win a copy
of Eleanor Oliphant - international entries
okay, please like this video and comment
down below what is one book you think
really shows a good character
development. And make sure you leave
Eleanor at the end of your comments so
that I know you're commenting and
entering for the giveaway. Thank you so
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Goodbye!
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