Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

127 reviews

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

rachjy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

jordan_noel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Eleanor Oliphant describes how loneliness can completely eat at a person's whole life, and yet still feel like something that must be hidden away.

Eleanor Oliphant is funny, completely un-self-aware, and refreshingly blunt with her social observations. She's continuously shocking and increasingly loveable the more you get to know her.

I felt that this book can help anyone better understand how isolating "dark thoughts" can be, and how necessary simple social interactions are to our survival and, less dramatically, our well-being. Everybody needs a friend, no one is completely self-sufficient and happy, in spite of that being exactly what society seems to want from each of us. I loved the honesty in this book; it's the only way for people to truly heal and live better lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child death, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Cursing

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

justjane22's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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? No

5.0

I started this book to get myself back into reading because it seemed short and it has great reviews. I chose to not read too much into what the book was about because I like to be surprised by what I'm reading. This book was so hypnotic to me. The author did the a wonderful job getting you into Eleanors head. I loved it from cover to end.  It was familiar without being predictable. I will say I wasn't expecting it to be so dark, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

locajohanna's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad

• 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, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

deebot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Moderate: Mental illness and Child death

chandranolynne's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

This book was the somber hug I didn't know I needed. It's dark and deep and funny in the saddest way possible. Eleanor is something, but RAYMOND! Och, I love Raymond. I've never had a fictional boyfriend, but if I did, I might choose Raymond. And this novel isn't even a romance!! I just really, really, want to be friends with him and go to lunch and hang out with his mother and her cats. SO much. 

Eleanor Oliphant is, at its core, a book about functional depression. So, it's sad. And some people don't like sad. But I truly feel that if you have ever dealt with depression and understand its nuances, this book will likely speak to you. It certainly did me. Yes, it's super sad and I cried a lot, but there is also a tremendous amount of beauty to take away from it. I just think that you should stop whatever it is that you're doing right now, and go read this book. It's definitely vying for my favorite book of 2023!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Addiction

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

 • Este foi um livro emprestado pela Bestie para uma das leituras do nosso clube do livro. Pela sinopse, eu sabia que não era o meu estilo, mas estava com expectativas de que podia surpreender-me.

• Quando a Bestie o passou para as minhas mãos disse: "primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se".
Primeiro sinal de que devia baixar as esperanças 😅

• Eleanor é uma mulher que chegou aos seus 30 anos e já passou por muito na vida e enquanto adulta manteve-se à distância dos outros, interagindo o mínimo possível. Ao longo do livro vamos percebendo que ela não compreende o que é entendido como normal e esperado numa interação social (é bem capaz que esteja incluída no espectro autista).

• A autora fez um magnífico trabalho a esculpir a personalidade da protagonista! É um livro digno de todos os prémios que recebeu.
No entanto, fiquei imensamente frustrada com o tempo que levou até vermos o desenvolvimento da Eleanor quando esta começou a abrir-se a novas experiências, mas sou a favor do processo, porque foi necessário para nos apercebermos do seu crescimento.

• Os últimos 30% do livro foram aqueles que mais me agarraram e é também a parte que aconselho os leitores a verificar os gatilhos. Quando chegou à parte da terapia e do twist (que adorei) já era um pouco tarde para mudar a minha opinião geral, mas recomendo na mesma.

Rating:
Eu - 3⭐25
Bestie - 4⭐25 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Murder, and Vomit