mmmmirrose 's review for:

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While entirely not what I expected based on the book’s summary, I really enjoyed reading it. The darker themes while difficult to read about were framed by such a charming personality in Eleanor. 

Please be advised: content warnings for basically everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment