Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

312 reviews

semogecarg's review

dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Stalking

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Rape, and Death of parent

shinel's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Rape

samwardhaugh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This book reminds me of this artwork by Jaako Pallasvuo - https://preview.redd.it/not-solitude-and-loneliness-by-jaakko-pallasvuo-v0-oxqc8u2obb1b1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=ffde693e984b8c129c0c64fe3e5b3616a9a75956

I think the author did a great job of portraying how crushing loneliness can be, and how small moments of connection and kindness can colour your whole life.

In places I felt as though Eleanor's dialogue switched jarringly from overly formal to quite natural sounding, but I think this might have been a deliberate artistic choice to create familiarity or add distance based on the scene, and it didn't overall take me out of the book. Enough details were dropped about the end mystery that you could piece it together, but rather than being frustrating that Eleanor wasn't catching up, you felt bad that she wasn't letting herself draw those conclusions. 
Overall, well written, entertaining, full of longing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

brainjam's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty

jill_b's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

lauren97224's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

kamrynharned's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is the definition of the ironic phrase: “dark and light-hearted”.  Deals with some terrible things, but doesn’t leave you with a sad or bitter taste in your mouth.  It’s sweet, fun, and I couldn’t put it down! 

“I survived, Raymond!” I said, knowing I was both lucky and unlucky, and grateful for it.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Rape

aileend's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault

kealajaye's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this story! Focused on the loneliness so many young people feel, as well as quirkiness and willingness to just be your weird self, and the fact that people will love you unconditionally either way. Eleanor has lived a troubled life, but grows so much as the story goes on and really transforms in a way that I feel is possible for anyone given the right circumstances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape