Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

19 reviews

lucy_readsbooks13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

This book is fantastic. I wanted to pick it up about a year and a half ago, but it kept being unavailable in my library, and I forgot about it. Last month I saw it on the shelf and picked it up. 
Honestly, I expected this to be 3,5, 4 stars maximum, and I had no idea what to expect. 
I will not get into the spoilers, but this book kept me on my toes, the characters and their relationships kept me engaged and entertained, and I couldn't wait to pick up the book again. 
This will definitely go on my cool-to-recommend pile :D

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Murder, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

captainnat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

a_l_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

2.5

+ parts of the storyline & characteristics were relatable for me personally

- the wrap text describes a mere slice of what the story is actually about
- sometimes the main character reads social cues perfecrly fine and somethimes she doesn’t get them at all. big inconsistency there.
- too long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, and Stalking

abigailgrims's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Vomit

ell24's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

lucimolri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

Típico libro que tenía apuntado en TBR pero que no sabía ni de que iba. Lo empecé sin saber qué me iba a encontrar y que viaje, pese a que me costó pillarle el punto a la protagonista, se le termina cogiendo mucho cariño. 
Risas, indignación, momentos entrañables y también tristes. Por desgracia en las partes más dolorosas yo no estaba en muy buen estado de ánimo por lo que me afectó muchísimo, por suerte mejora (y yo también btw) y aunque se puedan predecir muchas de las incógnitas sigue siendo una lectura muy amena con final satisfactorio.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Rape

marjandincharge's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

abesreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

taylorjadey's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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

4.25

I really smiled a few times while listening to this book. The characters are so dynamic and I love the focus on friendship. I had really no idea what to expect when I checked out this book and I think that’s the way it should be. It’ll surprise you.

Noting that the fatphobia is pretty heavy even though there’s reason for it. After a few times I felt icky. I felt so validated when I came to read the reviews and saw others had similar observations and feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

geese's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail