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A review by fedoranonymous
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
2.25
This book is billed as comedy. Fucking where? Is it the parts where Eleanor is horribly rude to service workers? Because that's not funny, it's infuriating. It's written to be infuriating. I have no idea where Penguin gets off billing this as a comedy.
It was a necessary book for me though. It deals with abuse, the cycles thereof, and healing. I cried, and thanked the book for making me cry. I hate this book as much as I love it.
It makes me feel a whole lot, so it must be good. It mostly made me feel like throwing the book at the wall, though.
It was a necessary book for me though. It deals with abuse, the cycles thereof, and healing. I cried, and thanked the book for making me cry. I hate this book as much as I love it.
It makes me feel a whole lot, so it must be good. It mostly made me feel like throwing the book at the wall, though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Eating disorder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child death, Death, Gore, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder
So the main plot twist is Eleanor's mother died trying to kill Eleanor and successfully killing Eleanor's baby sister Maryanne, and her phone calls are hallucinations. Such a funny comedy Penguin!
Eleanor is slowly revealed to have more and more self esteem and self abuse issues as the book goes on, to the point that it should be funny but is just sad. Please exercise caution when reading.