Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

117 reviews

6abejos's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

spindere11a's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Rape, Death of parent

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

katekatiekait's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

kshertz's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense 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: No

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This is my favorite author and probably always will be! This is such an interesting story though, very different from his others. It’s an in depth character study of friends and how their lives all changed one summer. 

This is juxtaposed with current times and the death of one of those friends, as well as the carrying on of the next generation of artists. For me, it was very, very emotional and I cried often. But it also was not as compelling as previous books and took me a long time to finish it. It’s probably my least favorite of his but that’s still saying a lot because his books are always incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

alygurl28's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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This book was a life-changing read. I don’t say that lightly. It was a joy, a sadness, a fear, an anger, and a relief to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

gmeacher's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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One of the first times I can recall reading a book and simultaneously wanting to devour it and savor it. It was so good I didn’t want it to end but it was so good I needed to keep going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief

katewiggins's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Death of parent

juanat77's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

ristikayok's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

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I simply fell in love with My Friends. It is a beautiful and touching tribute to friendship.  It's the kind of book that you wish you could read again for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia