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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

71 reviews

cadybooks's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Rape, and Domestic abuse

njcowen's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

i loved the character development and the discussions of mental health in this story. certainly didn’t expect abuse to play such a big part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Medical content, Addiction, Suicide, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Eating disorder, and Excrement

roraisabella's review

challenging 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

5.0

A beautiful and addictive read, i adored Elenor and her internal monologues, and found myself both laughing and crying at times. I wish i could read it again for the first time. The only thing i would say is the pacing is a little slow at times, but stick with it, her story is worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Violence, Child death, and Domestic abuse

sauvageloup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

A very smooth read, quite gripping, didn't take too long

Pros:
- the writing flowed nicely and made it easy to read. The dialogue always felt realistic and the story carried along nicely.
- it also had quite an original premise which was executed well and I got caught up in seeing how it would all turn out.

and I'm glad it turned out well

- the side characters, Raymond, Laura, Bob, etc. were all well developed and made it feel like a little slice of life.

Cons:
- Didn't really love Eleanor (though the name didn't help) and while feeling vaguely bad for her, i definitely didn't 'sob and sob' like the one reviewer did. Some bits did hit too hard and just made me feel bad. The tone really reminded me of 'A man called Ove' and it was given to me by the same person. Unfortunately I don't think I'm a massive fan of this type of book really - the reality is too painful for me, too personal.

So I think my main disappoint was that I didn't feel much for the book and I won't be reading it again I'm afraid, though it was good for a break after the complicated 'Ninth house' book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Addiction, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mantisabel's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-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? No

4.25

This book made me cry, multiple times, but it also made me smile

by ending on such a hopeful note

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

lydiabeth's review

emotional 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

mina_m's review

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

readbydanni's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I don't think I was prepared for the emotions of this book. Equally hilarious, heartwarming and heartbreaking, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine was an emotional rollercoaster but utterly charming.
I really enjoyed this book and the characters were brilliant. Eleanor's growth and discovery of herself throughout the book is brilliantly developed and considerately written by Gail Honeyman. There are some really devastatingly sad moments in this book. Horrific moments with devastating consequences. But there is also beauty and warmth too and that shines out of the pages in abundance. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a story of being human; of the worst of people and the best of people and how even in the darkest, most desperate moments, there is hope and a future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

ogs15's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Violence, and Suicide attempt