Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

129 reviews

heathermesley's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

sunny_not's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I picked this up from the library since many people had recommended it online. However, after that I saw that many others didn't like it so I avoided reading it till the last possible minute which was a waste since it was so good. I really enjoyed eleanors development. Raymond was really nice and I think this book tackled with such heavy subjects fairly well. Overall it was quite enjoyable imo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

elliexsiena's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

This book made me cry more than any other, because it is so beautifully sad. Eleanor Oliphant is a deeply traumatised and therefore shut-down person, who doesn’t really know how to exist in the world,

but through the kindness of a friend she overcomes her unimaginable struggles to ultimately find peace

Honeyman has created a narrative which explores an under-represented social issue: loneliness in young people, and in doing so makes the reader fall completely in love with Eleanor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Bullying, Stalking, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, and Misogyny

tanaraynor's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

This was a greta depiction about how trauma at such a young can effect a person throughout their whole entire life. It was great to see how her trauma wasn’t sugar coated in any way and the author told it how it was. 

I listened to it and the accents made this story 10x better. Would read again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

alyssard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I felt as if this book started EXCEPTIONALLY slow and I found that so difficult because of how unlovable the narrator comes off, but the narrator goes through so much character growth throughout the story that it makes up for how slow the beginning of the book felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Vomit, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Child abuse, Child death, and Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

ginadapooh's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Stalking, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Bullying

vsalvv's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death of parent

thepinkrainboots90's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

2.0

This book was a slice of life that was just ok. It has some great moments that are delicate and emotional that made me feel something, but I was hard to follow Eleanor’s day to day living because she was so weird. There were plot points that kept me reading because I wanted to see the outcomes but the outcomes were to realistic that they were just boring. I needed a little more drama in this slice of life to recommend or reread it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Ableism

Minor: Mental illness

the_escapist's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child death, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape