Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

72 reviews

locajohanna's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad

• 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: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

rebeccaquinton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Stalking, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

pauloleary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This is a brilliant mixture of genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and desperate sadness and trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Child death

a_l_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

+ parts of the storyline & characteristics were relatable for me personally

- the wrap text describes a mere slice of what the story is actually about
- sometimes the main character reads social cues perfecrly fine and somethimes she doesn’t get them at all. big inconsistency there.
- too long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, and Stalking

slucchesi06's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

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

cait_coll's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, and Alcoholism

brianneh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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 honestly did not think I would like this book that much, but I ended up loving it. It definitely does not get enough hype.

When I first started this book, I was a bit worried about not liking the main character as I found Eleanor to be quite rude. When she didn’t tip any of the service people she came into contact with, I was very annoyed with her.

However, as I kept reading and learned more about Eleanor, she grew on me. Her literal way of interpreting things, while still rude in some cases, was refreshing in others.

Then of course, as we find out more about Eleanor’s past, her oddities begin to make more sense. Her traumatic upbringing and college years are haunting, and made me tear up in a few spots. I kept wondering why did no one get her into therapy when she was young?

I ended up finding Eleanor to be very funny, even if she did not mean to be at times. When she discusses getting ready as a woman or muses about being fed to zoo animals when she dies, I found myself smiling or laughing out loud.

On the other hand, there were many extremely sad parts some of her lines broke my heart. The writing here is so heartbreakingly good and some of the quotes absolutely destroyed me:

“This was an all too familiar social scenario for me; standing alone, staring into the middle of distance. It was absolutely fine. It was absolutely normal. After the fire, at each new school, I'd tried so hard, but something about me just didn't fit. There was, it seemed, no Eleanor-shaped social hole for me to slot into.”

The character development is top-notch. This book broke my heart and put it back together in all the right ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

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

itstheconnorsbookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Stalking, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, and Self harm