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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

108 reviews

quixie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

Eleanor Oliphant is completely lovable and hilarious. Her story is so sad and I found myself desperately wanting to be her friend! Some of her social faux pas were entirely relatable, which endeared me to her character. I also loved Raymond and his mum, and Sammy. Such lovable characters. Such an engaging story. I’m so glad the author decided to speak on the subject of loneliness, which is a major problem ironically in our overly populated world. This book gave me so much joy and hope. Well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Stalking

alienrosey's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

She just like me fr. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Rape

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

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

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

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: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

allison_jo's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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