Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

135 reviews

madlain's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia and Rape

slucchesi06's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

gae'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

shadow_seven's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It takes a bit to get through but once your about halfway done everything slides together nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, and Gaslighting

It's an easy read but can be emotionally challenging as well.

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

I didn't want this to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Sexual content

caitlin_huxham's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

What a heartwarming story. Though this novel touches on many difficult topics, I found it to be overall lovely. 

Raymond and Eleanor’s relationship dynamic was so sweet and unexpected—I enjoyed all of their interactions and how their relationship grew closer over time. I also loved seeing Eleanor come to understand others better as she got to know them and give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

daybreakreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Stalking

cecereads__'s review against another edition

5.0

The book surprised me in how it just flowed so effortlessly. It was a really enjoyable read for the writing style, the humour, while being very brutal at times.

I loved that the friendship between Eleanor and Raymond remained just that. At least I appreciate that it’s up for interpretation in the end, instead of it being an obvious and direct choice by the author (which would have felt inauthentic in my opinion as a means to just put a nice bow on the story) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

kalishka's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A tale of two halves… or two thirds/one third!
The first 2/3 were very slow for me. I have ASD and I felt the character of Eleanor was coded as ASD but her traits were supposed to be ‘quirky’ and ‘funny’ - personally they were not to me as it was far too relatable while being stereotypical.
The last third takes a sharp turn into depression, suicide, therapy and trauma, which went further than I was expecting, and it seems more like Eleanor’s personality is a result of her childhood trauma rather than as a result of a neurodivergency. I don’t know which the author was intending so can’t comment further on that. I found it much more interesting than the first section, but I still wouldn’t say I enjoyed it…
I would highly recommend the audiobook though - the narration is brilliant!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Physical abuse and Classism