Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

515 reviews

abby314159'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I did not expect to like, let alone love, this book as much as I did when I first started reading it. While the book does follow the protagonist-is-withholding-information-from-me-to-create-intrigue trope, it's not just us that she's hiding from, it's herself too.  This provides the backbone for the strong character development throughout the book as Eleanor discovers who she is. Overall, it is an incredibly well-written, frustrating, funny, and hopeful read all-in-one.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Vomit, and Death of parent

meggyannpt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

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

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

jeswasik85's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit

kassaflam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

A well written book but it was recommended to me as a rom com and it is definitely not that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Violence

desertcat10's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

I initially didn't like how judgy Eleanor was but then realized it was because of her upbringing. I found her to be quite quirky yet funny. I loved her friendship with Raymond. He truly showed her what friendship is about, and I am glad they found happiness with each other as friends. The character development of Elenaor was amazing and I liked the way the story was told. The ending was shocking to me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death

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

melendy'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death