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tessaspike's review against another edition
4.25
Eleanor leeft op zichzelf en heeft een geheel eigen ritme en dagstructuur, wat ontzettend belangrijk voor haar is. Ze leeft als individu en heeft soms moeite om zich in anderen in te leven. Hierdoor was het voor mij soms lastig om met haar mee te gaan in haar gedachtegangen. Waar ik me normaal bijna het hoofdpersonage voel, voelde ik bij dit boek een afstand. Het was alsof ik tegelijkertijd in haar hoofd zat en haar aan de andere kant van de kamer zat te bespieden. Dit zorgt voor een heel interessante invalshoek.
Het beeld van Eleanor wordt gevormd door wat anderen van haar denken. Eleanor is zich heel erg bewust van de ander, terwijl de ander niet zo bewust is van haar. Door haar sociale interacties krijg je een beeld van hoe Eleanor zich in sociale kringen beweegt. Omdat Eleanor zelf niet zo’n sociaal beest is, is dit juist een perfecte manier om haar goed te leren kennen.
Het hele boek door had ik het gevoel dat er ‘iets’ was. Wat dat ‘iets’ was, bleef voor mij onduidelijk, maar het voelde alsof ik naar een horrorfilm zat te kijken en wist dat er een jumpscare zou komen, maar niet wanneer. In het begin maakte dat dat ik door wilde lezen. Ik wilde weten wat er niet klopte. Waarom is Eleanor zo gesloten en werkt zij ‘anders’ dan alle anderen om haar heen? Het duurde alleen zo lang dat ik steeds ongeduldiger werd en op het laatst eigenlijk al niet eens meer geïnteresseerd was in de twist.
Maar toen de twist kwam, kwam hij ook echt—en wauw, die zag ik niet aankomen! Heel mooi geschreven, maar persoonlijk had ik deze grote twist liever halverwege het boek gezien. Het kleine stukje verhaal na de twist voldeed niet aan hoe groot de twist was. Dat was wel erg jammer!
Dat zijn dan vier sterren. Vooral door de langdradigheid en de spanning die net voor het einde erg laag was. Anders was het een vijf sterren geweest!
‘Ik ben Eleanor Oliphant’ heb ik gelezen in de Club LEES app samen met alle andere Club LEES’ertjes. :)
Graphic: Mental illness
franciiii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse
elizabeth_henry's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
kickitupanotch7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse
mynameisrebecca's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Rape
jocelynzoe's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death
Minor: Fatphobia
anne_reader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
aye_pena_'s review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Child abuse
silver_lining_in_a_book's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
These days, loneliness is the new cancer—a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.
This book has been a long-time coming. I was a little scared going into this because of all the high praise surrounding this book, but I shouldn't have been. I thought it was very well written, with an engaging plot and a lot of important messages to get across to the reader. I certainly had a couple of issues with how some things (the therapy, the SA, and the alcoholism to give just some examples) were handled and I found Eleanor's fatphobia (although in no way endorsed in the book) was somewhat difficult to read.
However, Eleanor was a very unique character and her charm really grew on me throughout the book. Despite the dark themes, Gail Honeyman's humour came across very well in my opinion and I loved the way she made me feel Eleanor's loneliness. If the trigger warnings do not look to overwhelming, I can definitely recommend this book to many of my close friends, it is one that is certainly worth the read!
Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming
lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, War, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury