Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

S Eleanor Oliphant je sve u najboljem redu by Gail Honeyman

57 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

I didn't want this to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Death, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Self harm, Murder, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

prlprl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

marigold82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

If you find the beginning of this book slow and even irritating do yourself a favor and plod through! It is worth it I swear.  There are real and traumatic themes in this book so be prepared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Ableism, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Rape, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

caitlin_huxham's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Child death, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape

cassie7e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars
This book made me feel a lot of things, which is the marker of a good story!! Docked half a star just because it was slow for me to get into at first bc Eleanor is so judgmental at the beginning. We learn more about where these thought patterns come from and see her desire for connection and kind heart underneath. So some warm fuzzy feelings come from seeing her grow in that aspect. This book is also about the incredible importance of small interactions in daily life. Consistent tiny positive relationships with people we see regularly but don't know well lift the spirits so much, as many of us learned when covid cut all of those off.

Hearing about the tragic backstory is of course sad. But what struck me more from an autism* lens was the disconnect between what she thinks is acceptable social practice and what everyone else does. I can see how her judgments and blunt speech come off as rude to others, and also can see how others make little effort to tolerate her difference. She is judged in the way so many autistic people are judged - for not understanding social rules well and coming off as "rude" or weird even when she means well, for adhering too strictly to what are ostensibly social "rules" that everyone knows you're supposed to break; for adhering to rules she was taught as a child that aren't universal or are harmful; for being book smart but socially inept; for not having very good emotional intelligence (due to alexithymia that could have to do w autism AND trauma).... the way thoughts about her self worth and skills come directly from judgments others have thrown at her live on in her mind and make her question if she deserves to have relationships with people.

My heart broke at every interaction because people didn't understand her, because she was hard on herself, and because she comes from such lack that one person actually caring for her as a person means so much. Even as someone with so much richness in their life, her experiences struck a chord with struggles I've had and made me want to be a friend for her who stands up against any who would judge her as I and people like me have been judged and worse.

*While the book is clearly about trauma, no other neurodivergence is referenced. Whether or not she is meant to also be autistic, autistic readers may relate strongly to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

daybreakreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Torture, Abandonment, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Stalking, Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Cursing, and Mental illness

zerkleoflife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

5.0

I LOVE the author’s writing style! This is a beautifully written story, and I absolutely loved it. My heart was completely broken and then put back together again. 

***Read the content warnings before reading.***

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Rape, Body shaming, and Mental illness

kimac's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• 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: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Mental illness, Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Self harm, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal cruelty, Child death, Bullying, Murder, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

maggielo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Grief

eneto_02's review against another edition

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

3.5

A fun read. Eleanor and Raymond's relationship was amazing. At some point it felt boring since they drag revealing her past since we only learn about it till the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Animal cruelty