Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

137 reviews

greta_o's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

joysmith's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

akommel98's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

sophiab27's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty

liviabuu's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

megan96smith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Stalking

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

errkaaa's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

I feel guilty giving this a lower rating because the reasons I disliked it were kinda the whole points of the book, but I stand by it. I was considering DNFing this one when I got to the halfway point and was still fairly disinterested. If this book didn't have a bit of underlying "hmm, what's going on here?" I would have put it down. Granted you can figure it out well before the book's end (well, all but one part which I did not see coming), but my curious brain wanted to see how it played out. Overall I'm not mad I finished it, the end was heartwarming and tied things up well so I don't feel it was wasted time, but I wouldn't recommend to a friend. Eleanore is unbearable for most of the book which made it really difficult for me to get into. By the end you understand why she was written this way (though I still think it was overdone) but it just didn't make for a super engaging read for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

marissaheffler's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

This book was a bit of a slog to get through. Eleanor is established as a socially removed, critical character who uses unnecessarily big words to dissect the world around her. As she becomes more connected to the people and world around her, the story opens up a bit to learn about how her past as influenced her and how she begins to heal from past trauma. The end goal of this book was pretty clear from the get go and more of a logical conclusion than a moving conclusion to a narrative story. 

All that being said, it was an interesting experience to push myself to see the world through the lens of a protagonist so different than myself. I certainly came to care for Eleanor and was happy to see the growth in her ability both to develop a support network and appreciate it once present. 
(6 hr 10 min read)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

ellenlemon's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Beautifully written story that covers some deep topics with such sincerity and manages to weave in humour and warmth. I’ve not met a character like Eleanor Oliphant before and she has definitely left a lasting impression. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse