Reviews tagging 'Death'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

64 reviews

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

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I found this really difficult to read at first as it jumps from different characters very quickly trying to introduce everyone but it got easier as the book went on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit

bookishandjoyceful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book... It was slow to start and took a while to get past the set up of characters and the town, however, once it does... WOW! Beartown is a hockey town where hockey always comes first no matter what. When the hockey team has its best chance at winning a championship, things go wrong and it leaves a girl's life changed forever! Travel through this town while this terrible town works through this whole situation. Backman's writing is absolutely beautiful, but this book made me so angry and definitely threw me around on this one. I would definitely look out for the major trigger warnings as this book is full of them and has extremely strong victim-blaming from the rape. While this book was so dark and emotional, after reading this, A Man Called Ove and Anxious People, I will absolutely continue to pick up Backman's books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, Death, and Alcoholism

TW: Infant/Baby Death, Victim Blaming

warnerselle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Islamophobia