Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

3 reviews

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.

jjb21's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Great book. Well written. Easy read. Nice mix of suspense and empathy and humour.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Child death, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, Death of parent, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Incest, Sexual assault, and Vomit

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