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S Eleanor Oliphant je sve u najboljem redu by Gail Honeyman

57 reviews

claire_s's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Body shaming

aoifemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

quirkychaos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

I absolutely devoured this book. To be honest, the first few chapters left me struggling, (and slightly triggered as a city-living single 30yo) but after a while, I couldn't help but fall in love with Eleanor and the rest. A devastating but ultimately hopeful, charming book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Vomit, and Child death

100x darker than I'd thought, but personally nothing that read as excessive or was dealt with in an unhealthy way. Tagged everything that stood out to me.

anna_j's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

sarahv's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, and Ableism

Minor: Animal cruelty

brittishliterature's review against another edition

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

Brilliant writing & one of the most heartwarming, heartbreaking, heart-stopping stories I’ve read in a while.

I loved this book so much & I love Eleanor even more! This book was not at all what I thought it was going to be & it was a slow start for a while, but to me that was all part of experiencing Eleanor’s life as she does & learning who she is. 

Nearly every page was filled with something I could relate to & that speaks to what we all come up against as human beings. It was also very down to earth & realistic, accurately portraying the mundane, enjoyable, slow, terrible ways that life happens. Also props for the great representation of mental health realities. I also loved that Eleanor remained the focus, rather than it turning into some cheesy Hallmark film.

Very well done - and what an ending. It left me with chills & added a whole new dimension to what I'd been reading. I love when books end that way: leaving me with the desire to reread it all over again immediately because of all the tiny details that now hold such new depth and meaning. It reminds me of how I felt upon finishing Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

I loved reading this, and I will definitely revisit again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

melissa_isreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault