Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

133 reviews

cbressler80's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I’m not much of a character driven book I much more prefer plot driven books.  However, once this book got going I really enjoyed it.  I really enjoyed watching how the main character literally bloomed throughout the story and found the courage to face her past.  It is quite slow in the beginning but if you hang in it’s totally worth the read!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

pauloleary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a brilliant mixture of genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and desperate sadness and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship

laurendayo's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Vomit, and Grief

abigailgrims's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

olivia636's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

margaretrose's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

shadow_seven's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It takes a bit to get through but once your about halfway done everything slides together nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, and Gaslighting

It's an easy read but can be emotionally challenging as well.

mrsbroome_reads's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

caitlin_huxham's review

emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

kalishka's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A tale of two halves… or two thirds/one third!
The first 2/3 were very slow for me. I have ASD and I felt the character of Eleanor was coded as ASD but her traits were supposed to be ‘quirky’ and ‘funny’ - personally they were not to me as it was far too relatable while being stereotypical.
The last third takes a sharp turn into depression, suicide, therapy and trauma, which went further than I was expecting, and it seems more like Eleanor’s personality is a result of her childhood trauma rather than as a result of a neurodivergency. I don’t know which the author was intending so can’t comment further on that. I found it much more interesting than the first section, but I still wouldn’t say I enjoyed it…
I would highly recommend the audiobook though - the narration is brilliant!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Physical abuse and Classism