Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

2 reviews

onion's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Ableism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Self harm

skudiklier's review against another edition

This is like a comedy of errors except the narrator is an annoying, sexist old man complaining about "youth these days" and how the state of the world is worse with internet and social media. I think it could be cute and heartfelt if it weren't for the narrator's annoying asides, and the annoying way all the women are clearly ridiculous and babbling while only men are reasonable and logical (except of course this only applies to the men and women above the age of 30. Anyone younger is peak stereotypical teenager/millennial). Instead I'm frustrated with all the people and situations, and I don't find any of the humor funny. It feels like a parody of something deep? Ugh I just. I can't remember that last time I DNFed a book from disliking it, but I just couldn't get through it. 

A lot of it feels like "old man yells at cloud" in the sense that he's just complaining about gluten free bread and writing caricatures of teenagers who are only ever on social media and who find it offensive to talk about someone's height. It makes me sure I'll never want to read anything by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Racism, Drug abuse, Ableism, and Lesbophobia