Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

96 reviews

not_asha01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kptinydancer97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

alexsartifacts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Grief, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism and Classism

galerieanna25'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Stalking, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

allison_jo's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This book broke my heart and put it back together, but I will still need a few days to recover.

Maybe I'm reading into it way too much, but the blurbs on my copy of the book described it as "incredibly funny" and "satisfyingly quirky." They called Eleanor a "new curmudgeon to love." I think describing this book as such does the character of Eleanor a disservice. She is traumatized and is (I suspect, though it is never outright stated in the text) more than a little neurodivergent. 

I sincerely hope that Reese Witherspoon is as kind to Eleanor in the impending movie adaptation as Raymond, Sammy, Maria, and Bob are to her in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

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

Minor: Stalking

ashley_dreaming's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

vvaanneessssaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Cursing, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

sebsjazzclub's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

What a beautiful book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Cancer

felijhn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, Bullying, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Rape, Child death, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

monloesco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

3.75

I liked the twist at the end about the mom. Imo it was a bit slow and a few pages could’ve been edited out. A book about trauma, loneliness, friendship and a journey of recovery.

Was expecting E and R to end up together tbh, but I think that’s just me being in my romantic reads era 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Child death and Death of parent