Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

837 reviews

astrofeldy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia

bootrat's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

This book is a bit slow to get going, but once we meet Sammy I started to really enjoy it. It made me cry several times, and hit slightly close to home, but overall I enjoyed it and it was definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Grief

dianacrb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide

vagrantheather's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

An easy 5 stars. I was captivated and couldn't put it down. Eleanor's self talk is so relatable. I know it's often referred to as autism-coded, but I didn't read it that way. It just as easily reads as someone who experienced a super tragic upbringing, opted out of social situations that were too challenging to confront, and has lived in a haze of depression and survival instincts until now. She isn't a very nice person, but she's capable of seeing that and willing to change when confronted with herself. 

I was glad to see where her social relationships ended up. I was afraid they would go one way and felt that would've cheapened it. 

I did struggle a little with the absurdity of a culture that allows a person to take extended medical leave without losing their job or going broke. The US is not ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Stalking

emilybruck's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

booksinbed23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Reading this was like eating a bowl of chicken. Comforting and healing. It's almost a slice of life story that slowly delves into our FL on why she is the way she is, and how she slowly but surely evolves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

cspleenster's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

melli29_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

didn't expect to enjoy this book so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit