Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

134 reviews

alyssard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I felt as if this book started EXCEPTIONALLY slow and I found that so difficult because of how unlovable the narrator comes off, but the narrator goes through so much character growth throughout the story that it makes up for how slow the beginning of the book felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Stalking

ginadapooh's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

vsalvv's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death of parent

thepinkrainboots90's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

2.0

This book was a slice of life that was just ok. It has some great moments that are delicate and emotional that made me feel something, but I was hard to follow Eleanor’s day to day living because she was so weird. There were plot points that kept me reading because I wanted to see the outcomes but the outcomes were to realistic that they were just boring. I needed a little more drama in this slice of life to recommend or reread it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism and Addiction

Minor: Mental illness

the_escapist'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape

jenpurlteach's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent

emmakvc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

paigemushaw's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

claireeshelby's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

The character development was poignant and focused on the emotional journey of self-improvement. I greatly enjoyed the high level of vocabulary used—I found myself looking up definitions despite normally knowing every word in books! Eleanor’s relationships with other characters is amusing and touching as you watch her come into her own individual.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Fatphobia

_sarah_key's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol