Reviews tagging 'Death'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

63 reviews

jordangddrd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

an emotional destruction that i will come back for every time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Suicide

laura_berger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Drug use, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Cancer, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Body shaming, Cursing, and Gun violence

abbyreadsandwrites's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Racism

thebobinskyarchives's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Cancer, and Death

her's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

This is a tough one to review. I feel like I should rate this higher simply because I do agree that it is an important read but the truth is, I just didn't think that it was particularly well executed. The characters were very two dimensional and considering what the book was trying to comment on, I was disappointed by how little page-time the victim was given. 

I could have put this down at any time because it just wasn't engaging to me. I actually preferred Britt-Marie Was Here, which is one of Backman's lower rated books on goodreads, because the characters in that novel were fully fleshed out and it was edited in a way that made it succinct, whereas Beartown could have been at least 100 pages shorter.

I own the sequel and I'll probably give it a try at some point but I doubt whether I'll finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Child death, and Death

amandathebookishlibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

amzyrebecca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Self harm

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Fredrik Backman does it again! His writing hooks you from the beginning and through the use of short chapters and multiple character perspectives is able to respectfully delve into the small town reality of handling really horrible situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Death, and Child death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders