Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

128 reviews

mirandavictoria's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. It made me feel so many things. I cannot even begin to express how much this book impacted me. It’s a story that I am so glad I read. It was heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. Loneliness was a big theme in this book, yet reading it, I felt the opposite of alone. This story is one I’ll always remember and will forever be important to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm

sairro10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

victoriacooper999's review

emotional inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

papsti's review

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

5.0

Lovely, but dark.

In the end, it was very touching. I’m very glad Raymond and Eleanor didn’t end up together romantically at the end of the book, as was maybe hinted they would. That would have weakened the overall story of friendship and self-discovery for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

mack42's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-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

5.0

SO GOOD!! You fall so in love with the main characters you dont want it to end!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

louisesmith's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn't fully grasp what was happening in this book before towards the end. I think I would have to re-read it to gain better understanding of everything from the very beginning as I just wasn't sure the direction that Eleanor was headed in until it actually happened. Very realistic and very important themes throughout this book I just found the first half of it very mundane and then all of a sudden

she was attempting suicide

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

alicelalicon's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

courtsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

slowen719's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Good read! Story is engaging and sad. Couldn't decide if Eleanor had autism or if it was a trauma response - maybe both? Probably needed some work on that, but overall an enjoyable story with a good representation of response to trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ainsleys's review

dark emotional sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

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