Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

17 reviews

daybreakreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Stalking, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Cursing, and Mental illness

seedsofsunflowers's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Classism, Death, Fatphobia, Vomit, Ableism, Grief, and Body shaming

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Excrement, Sexual violence, Cancer, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Terminal illness, Child death, Stalking, and Physical abuse

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Cancer, Murder, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Abandonment, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia

Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Incest, Classism, and Animal cruelty

The schizophrenia/psychosis warning is just in case, as a possible interpretation of a certain twist. I'm not entirely sure this is intentionally the case, and either way I don't think it's accurate.

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

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

Minor: Cancer

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

Whew. A good solid overview of what trauma can do to the brain, and a reminder to be patient with folks because we don't know their stories. Also, there are so many social cues that we just pick up from other people, and it's perfectly reasonable that not everyone has picked up the same ones. We need to not shame anyone for questioning them or still learning about them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Excrement

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Rape

Relationships with mothers are very complicated, and if you feel that your mother has harmed you emotionally, know that I believe you <3

lineofbooks's review

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? Yes

4.5

I tend to steer clear of hyped books, but every now and then there is one that lives up to its rave reviews. This is one of them. It's a bit predictible sometimes, but I don't really care because the execution is so perfect. This book is fantastically well-written; I even picked up a few new words. The descriptions of loneliness are spot on. Itis funny and sad and hopeful in turns. And for those who've read Jane Eyre and/or Sense and Sensibility, it also offers a game of "spot the references". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer

elliekg's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Mental illness