Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

117 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Cancer, Murder, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia

Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Incest, Classism, and Animal cruelty

The schizophrenia/psychosis warning is just in case, as a possible interpretation of a certain twist. I'm not entirely sure this is intentionally the case, and either way I don't think it's accurate.

cristinareading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Moderate: Child death

bookishbubs's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a cute read that was kind of feel-good while also being a bit heavy, especially in the second half of the book. It may take a minute but Eleanor is such a lovable character, even if you may not get along with her in real life. I would have liked to have seen more development of friendships, but there was so much character development, that it might have been too much to look at more than one friendship in depth. I don't think it's a book I'll reread, but I'm definitely glad to have picked it up, and glad I listened to the audiobook! The accents were so much fun. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

There's a lot going on with this book, so best to stay away of triggered by suicide or parental abuse.

jenbosen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Can't get over all the blurbs saying this book is funny. Sweet and sometimes amusing, sure, but the "funny" bits are mostly just sad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Ableism, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Addiction, Child death, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

amandacav's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Definitely unexpected. First 70% I really struggled through. It picked up fast from there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

jyothym's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Eleanor Oliphant is so unlike anyone I have ever met, but her experience with loneliness is so deeply relevant because it echoes that of humanity. In the modern world, loneliness has become an aspect of daily life and, in some ways, a definition of what it means to be an adult. But Eleanor's development through the book - her slowly coming out of her shell - is proof that humans are not meant to be this way. We gravitate towards one another, despite everything, because it is in our nature, and we are all we have. Love does not have to be transactional. Did you know a healed femur once evidenced human civilization? Our survival depends on and necessitates helping one another, and healing requires a community. When I read about everything Eleanor had been through, I wondered how she would ever find peace again, how she would ever forget. By the end, I had hope - she is not alone. We are not alone. 

 I loved this book overall and read it literally in maybe a night and a half!! I did have some small critiques with how the author handled some of Eleanor's trauma. I'm also overall not a huge fan of the "makeover" trope :( BUT I'm so happy with how Raymond and Eleanor's relationship was handled. There was a particular scene when Raymond was talking about his ex girlfriend that gave me a major red flag, but it was a dialogue issue if anything and I don't think it reflected his character in the rest of the book. Generally an interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

queerreaderchaos's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Child death, and Sexual assault

joey_marie05's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Child death, and Physical abuse

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Rape, and Child death

sunny_not's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I picked this up from the library since many people had recommended it online. However, after that I saw that many others didn't like it so I avoided reading it till the last possible minute which was a waste since it was so good. I really enjoyed eleanors development. Raymond was really nice and I think this book tackled with such heavy subjects fairly well. Overall it was quite enjoyable imo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts