Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente by Gail Honeyman

165 reviews

vvaanneessssaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Cursing, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

s_wells1019's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Rape

monloesco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

3.75

I liked the twist at the end about the mom. Imo it was a bit slow and a few pages could’ve been edited out. A book about trauma, loneliness, friendship and a journey of recovery.

Was expecting E and R to end up together tbh, but I think that’s just me being in my romantic reads era 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

mical45'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

gommette's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing 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? No

3.5

Ça se laisse lire mais c'est à peu près la seule chose bien du livre. L'histoire est un peu longue au milieu et le personnage principal trop caricatural.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death

sarahhanlin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Charming, intriguing, heartbreaking, beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

lucy_readsbooks13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

This book is fantastic. I wanted to pick it up about a year and a half ago, but it kept being unavailable in my library, and I forgot about it. Last month I saw it on the shelf and picked it up. 
Honestly, I expected this to be 3,5, 4 stars maximum, and I had no idea what to expect. 
I will not get into the spoilers, but this book kept me on my toes, the characters and their relationships kept me engaged and entertained, and I couldn't wait to pick up the book again. 
This will definitely go on my cool-to-recommend pile :D

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

rebeccaquinton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

taika_tuuli's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Child death

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.25

Heartbreaking, but leaves on a good note of hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Confinement and Death of parent