Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

56 reviews

wadee23's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Death of parent

alexsartifacts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Grief, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism and Classism

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

Raymond is the only good man

on a serious note, it was nice to see someone get better.

I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person’s hand holding mine. There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they’re dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not hyperbole. When I feel like that, my head drops and my shoulders slump and I ache, I physically ache, for human contact—I truly feel that I might tumble to the ground and pass away if someone doesn’t hold me, touch me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcohol, Suicide, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Grief, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Bullying

hazelsnoot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Animal cruelty

enoemo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Grief, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Abandonment, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

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

deebot's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Moderate: Mental illness and Child death

samwardhaugh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This book reminds me of this artwork by Jaako Pallasvuo - https://preview.redd.it/not-solitude-and-loneliness-by-jaakko-pallasvuo-v0-oxqc8u2obb1b1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=ffde693e984b8c129c0c64fe3e5b3616a9a75956

I think the author did a great job of portraying how crushing loneliness can be, and how small moments of connection and kindness can colour your whole life.

In places I felt as though Eleanor's dialogue switched jarringly from overly formal to quite natural sounding, but I think this might have been a deliberate artistic choice to create familiarity or add distance based on the scene, and it didn't overall take me out of the book. Enough details were dropped about the end mystery that you could piece it together, but rather than being frustrating that Eleanor wasn't catching up, you felt bad that she wasn't letting herself draw those conclusions. 
Overall, well written, entertaining, full of longing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Stalking, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

miekookeim's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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

4.5

Aside from the resolution, which felt a bit too simple, I loved this book. I almost put it down towards the beginning because Eleanor’s narrative style irritated me, but I appreciated her by the end and am glad I stuck with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, and Stalking

kathshiroma's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Grief

Minor: Murder, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Child death, Rape, and Toxic relationship