Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

235 reviews

kallan50'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

kjm19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

I love the way this was written. Extremely clever and detailed, visceral. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

mmmmirrose's review against another edition

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

5.0

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, and Sexual harassment

tetred_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

I relate to Eleanor far more than I'd like to admit. I think this is a book more about growth than anything else. Eleanor starts off as a very unlikable character who you can't help but sympathize with as you learn more about her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

rachel17's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

2.0

This book was traumatic. I'm not entirely sure who it's for, because readers who can relate too well to the main character would surely be triggered by this story. And for any readers who can't relate to her, I'm stumped trying to imagine what they would get out of this book.

All that said, it's well crafted, as novels go. And I did read the entire second half of the book in one sitting. All in all, I had a fairly miserable time, and this confirmed for me that I don't particularly like contemporary fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

tagle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

avnitsch1's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I can see why many would enjoy this book, but there were definitely parts that were difficult/triggering to listen to. The low star rating is more based on that, I would not read or listen to this book again in the future. I did appreciate the characters, especially Raymond, and the way he interacted with Eleanor. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Abandonment

cleotheo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I don't like much about it. 
Here and there are sentences that stood out to me, some clever word choices.
I didn't like the voice of the main character. I didn't like the structure of the story. I didn't like the execution of the twist. This should have been an early DNF but I expected more on the basis of many good reviews. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Suicide

gemmasbooknook's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

krrb253'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: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury