Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

297 reviews

crochetspeechie's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

kingsteph's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Child death, Fatphobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

larasfavbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

Wow. Wow. WOW. Mind absolutely blown. I had this on my tbr list for I think more than two years and cannot believe it took me so long to get started. The themes of the book are quite dark (mental health, abuse, childhood neglect, violence, loneliness,…), maybe that’s what held me back, but wow, it was so well done, so lighthearted and funny at times. It made me laugh and shed a tear and as someone whose mother tongue isn’t English I also have quite an impressive list of new vocabulary now. Such well written characters and an amazing story (I wanted to Google and research Eleanor’s case at several points during the book only to remind myself that it’s fiction). Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

reenactinghuman's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Best book I’ve read in years.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Child death, and Domestic abuse

bookyanna's review against another edition

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

3.75

I struggled to get into this book intially; I found Eleanor to be a challenging and judgmental narrator. That said, as I approached the halfway mark it was clear I was supposed to be uncomfortable, and that Eleanor herself was uncomfortable in all aspects of her life. The style of narration evolved as the book progressed - as Eleanor stopped seeing herself as an island and learned to rely on the people around her. Ultimatetly, it was an uplifting read, reminding the reader that friends can be found in unlikely places and that it's never too late to make changes for the better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

alexsian29's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape

kiakrat's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Child death

cellia's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

alienrosey's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

She just like me fr. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Child death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

wadee23's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Death of parent