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S Eleanor Oliphant je sve u najboljem redu by Gail Honeyman

57 reviews

_sarah_key's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

i loved the character development and the discussions of mental health in this story. certainly didn’t expect abuse to play such a big part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Medical content, Addiction, Suicide, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Eating disorder, and Excrement

wogslandwriter's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

This book is a masterclass on unreliable narrators. Eleanor is loveable from the start, despite and because of, her quirks and oddities. The plot is majorly character driven with a few events pushing characters together in a normal, real-life way.

Gail Honeyman encapsulates how it feels to start therapy when you have so much trauma to process you can't even remember it all. I haven't been through the same level of family trauma as Eleanor, but it felt so similar at the beginning of my therapy journey and I've felt much of the same way about myself as Eleanor has at one point or another.

The overall story is intricate without being overly complicated. The tone and prose is elegant and simple. It's refined in a way that tells you a bit about Eleanor with every sentence and every word. The nuance and details are absolutely stunning. I laughed at many points and cried at others. It was an extremely enjoyable and thought-provoking read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Physical abuse

There is no "on-screen" physical or sexual violence; it is only described in memories, such as recounting what happened to a friend or therapist, without any extreme details. There is in-text emotional abuse from a parent and bullying from coworkers.

Eleanor's younger sister was murdered by her mother in a house fire, that injured Eleanor quite badly. She has scars on her face and body. Eleanor also recounts physical violence done to her by her college boyfriend and mentions by name only that he raped her. At the beginning, Eleanor and her friend Raymond help an old man who passes out on the street, eventually befriending him and his family. He does suddenly, off-screen of a heart attack later in the book and they attend his funeral. Towards the end of the book, Eleanor attempts suicide through alcohol overdose. She also has a stockpile of pills and considers cutting her wrists. The suicide attempt scene is explicit, but she is saved by a good friend. The animal violence is mention of a cat being put in a dumpster that is set on fire. The cat is rescued by Eleanor's friend and she ends up adopting and caring for it. The reader finds out at the very end that Eleanor's mother also died in the fire and that she has been forcing herself to pretend to talk to her mother every week, despite the emotional abuse she inflicts on herself with her mother's imagined words.

raemow's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

laurenw's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Thoroughly entertaining voice, enthralling characters, and plot twists that keep you going till the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Fatphobia

casc8a's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

nothingrhymeswithrachel's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

alicelalicon's review against another edition

funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

bellasgonemissing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

paxyshia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

solid 4 :-) not the usual book i read but i was very interested after reading the summary of it. it almost seemed romance novel-y lol but i was definitely intrigued trying to figure out eleanor. it was quite dark even in the beginning and i think these pull quotes are.... misleading (looking at you reese witherspoon). anyway! i enjoyed it regardless though i didn’t find it incredibly funny as some reviews suggested. 

i think eleanor’s misplaced confidence and her way of talking properly and way of living could seem odd to people (thats how i saw it), i didn’t find it Funny. i thought some of this humor was actually off putting and unintentionally mean and you understand how and why as you read the book but like i said, i just didn’t find it funny. like i feel it was clear she wasn’t the greatest at social situations and interacting with others but i dont find that funny? i dont know i just feel like that was a point in so much of the pull quotes that i was waiting to laugh but it never came. 

i really wasn’t expecting the explanation of it all but like i also was? but i also wasn’t. dont know how to coherently explain that. i did really appreciate eleanor and glen and and sammy AND raymond. i’m so happy eleanor was able to find such a kind person like raymond. his entrance into her life starts such a wonderful ripple effect for her and it was so beautiful to see it roll out and then continue even through her bad days. 

anyway as i was saying: didn’t understand how it was funny to some people BUT i really did enjoy the book. i was so intrigued by eleanor’s story and what was happening/what had happened and would’ve finished it sooner had it not been for adult life happening simultaneously. i love eleanor oliphant i hope she’s having a great day

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape