Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

110 reviews

lark42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Addiction, and Fatphobia

anonreadana's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

mina_m's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Part of me wants to chastise myself for keeping this on my TBR for four years, but I also feel like I read this at the exact right time. 

This is not gonna be a long review (the stars will speak for themselves), but I just wanted to point out how Eleanor is «unconventional», but yet, she too relies heavily on conventions. They may be dated or misplaced, but her life is also very much dictated by rules and expectations. (Albeit very different ones from the people around her). 

Anyway, this was a good book. Quite funny too. I only cried like nine times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

sierraknits's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

momo916's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

It’s hard to review this book without giving anything away. I will say, after having listened to this on audio, that you do really need to pay attention to the narration because some of it is quite odd. All in all, it’s a generally feel-good book that takes you to Eleanor’s darkest places so that you can feel hopeful when she pulls herself out of them and towards a brighter future.

My main spoiler-free gripe with this book was that there were so many instances where Eleanor did or thought something absolutely buck wild and then 2 seconds later acted like it had never happened. I understand that part of her journey is her unlearning unhealthy behaviors, but throughout the book it kept feeling like it was happening at the flip of a switch. In general I really love the premise of this book and Eleanor’s characterization as strong and vocal, unbroken by her past, but there were so many times over the course of her healing process where the change felt unnaturally sudden.

My main spoiler-filled gripe is that

the social commentary aspects of it were a little too in my face. I am glad there is such a well-written story out there that confronts these things, but it did take me out of the story as it was happening. I realized that "Mummy" was just a voice in Eleanor’s head after about their second interaction, so I spent the rest of the book interpreting everything she was saying as societal messaging towards women in general, intensified exaggerated for narrative effect. Also, as far as tragic backstories go, "product of rape, hated and abused by the mother who didn’t want me" verges on feeling exploitative of and hypercritical towards real women who experience rape and its repercussions. I can only assume that the author is making an argument as to why abortion should be legal, but that doesn’t even feel like a relevant argument given the basis of the pro-choice argument, at least these days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia

Abuse by parent

laurenw's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Thoroughly entertaining voice, enthralling characters, and plot twists that keep you going till the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Fatphobia

tigertheory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Violence

jocelynlee113's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

ash0831's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia

mirandavictoria's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. It made me feel so many things. I cannot even begin to express how much this book impacted me. It’s a story that I am so glad I read. It was heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. Loneliness was a big theme in this book, yet reading it, I felt the opposite of alone. This story is one I’ll always remember and will forever be important to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm