Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

552 reviews

stephberk15's review

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

amgarrido's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

marymoth's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

abbiekate's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

I just finished this audiobook for the second time and it’s honestly one of my favorites. It’s a very well-performed audiobook! “Thank you for making me shiny” makes me emotional every time I think about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

The narrator/main character is fatphobic but realizes this about herself and begins to work on it. All other triggers are essential to the plot and not particularly graphic.

tome_traveler's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Vomit

iamkryslynn's review against another edition

hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

tea_at_mole_end's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

jannettlk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

franciiii's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I'll admit, I very nearly put this down after a couple of chapters. I was not connecting to the story or any of the characters. In fact, I was really wondering why this is so popular. But I was listening to it on audio and didn't have another book waiting for me, so I gave it a little more time and I'm glad I did. It didn't take too much more time before I was really invested in Eleanor's journey. The pacing of the revelations about her past is done so very well. I also really appreciated

that her relationship with Raymond stayed platonic, though it's definitely headed to romance. But I was really worried that it would end up being that her relationship with him would "fix" her. His friendship had a massive impact on helping her view herself differently, and he encouraged her to get the help she needed but he didn't try to save her himself other than just as any friend would do.

There are definitely some really dark themes and I don't really think that "funny" is the best word to describe this book, as a lot of professional reviews and cover copies say. But it is a book about working through past trauma, learning how to move forward, and how letting other people into your life is scary and often leads to heartache but is absolutely necessary to be a healthy, happy human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship