Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

125 reviews

chandranolynne's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

This book was the somber hug I didn't know I needed. It's dark and deep and funny in the saddest way possible. Eleanor is something, but RAYMOND! Och, I love Raymond. I've never had a fictional boyfriend, but if I did, I might choose Raymond. And this novel isn't even a romance!! I just really, really, want to be friends with him and go to lunch and hang out with his mother and her cats. SO much. 

Eleanor Oliphant is, at its core, a book about functional depression. So, it's sad. And some people don't like sad. But I truly feel that if you have ever dealt with depression and understand its nuances, this book will likely speak to you. It certainly did me. Yes, it's super sad and I cried a lot, but there is also a tremendous amount of beauty to take away from it. I just think that you should stop whatever it is that you're doing right now, and go read this book. It's definitely vying for my favorite book of 2023!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Addiction

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

cbressler80's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I’m not much of a character driven book I much more prefer plot driven books.  However, once this book got going I really enjoyed it.  I really enjoyed watching how the main character literally bloomed throughout the story and found the courage to face her past.  It is quite slow in the beginning but if you hang in it’s totally worth the read!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Mental illness

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

laurendayo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, Grief, and Mental illness

abigailgrims's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Vomit

olivia636's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

margaretrose's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Child death

shadow_seven's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It takes a bit to get through but once your about halfway done everything slides together nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, and Bullying

It's an easy read but can be emotionally challenging as well.

mrsbroome_reads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Child death