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Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente by Gail Honeyman

99 reviews

kimib79's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

I loved this story, the progtagonists, and the the humor. I deducted a half star for foul language. Find a new "F" word to use, for pity sake!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sherpa2015's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Cancer

sarahreadsalotofbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty

caoxtina's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Bullying

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Murder

punchofwishes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

What a book! It completely lives off of Eleanor’s voice who you find yourself charmed by rather quickly. The writing style is quite delightful and the secondary characters, while not the most unique, carry a spark inside of them. The twists and turns were good, I enjoyed the themes a lot! While I wasn’t the biggest fan of how some of Eleanor’s colleagues who were pretty awful to her just started being nice at the end without any apologies or amends, this book is still one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve had all year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

dorilyss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed it, but tags and descriptions are absolutely misleading. This book deals with heavy topics and I have no idea where the "funny" part is. Very emotional, well written, and hopeful, but I honestly think there should be more content warnings and even without spoilers better blurbs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

The main character deals with alcoholism, doesn't remember her past due to traumatic events which she will remember, a character dies, and there is emotional abuse and self sabotaging thoughts. In her past there is child abuse, unfortunate experience in foster care even if not graphic, a fire that resulted in injuries and death.

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

amybun's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

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