Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

9 reviews

minihope's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

Solid 4. I think it's good adult fairytale. Author makes great characters and really interesting plot. But I noticed that while I was reading it style of writing makes me a little tired. So for me it was difficult to read it in one go.

And I think this book want to give people hope but in the end for me was a little bit too much positive.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Addiction, and Blood

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

I loved this. Like. God damn what a fun read. I loved the audiobook, and I can't wait to read it again. I'm a bit afraid to watch the Netflix version because this would take a really special director to pull off. Definitely will be looking more into this author. Wow I wish I could write like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Classism, Death, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, and Gun violence

radfordmanor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Suicide, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

mitrabird2010's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

anotherreadingnook's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Tragically hilarious and heartwarming! What a ridiculous and enjoyable story. If I had to be a bank robber at some point of my life, this book will explain why I hopefully don't be.

I think that this is the kind of book that comes to you at the right time. If you feel some sort of anxiety at the moment, it could feel cathartic to read about Backman's colorful characters go through their own fears throughout life, have doubt with how deserving they are of their place in the world and those around them, and watch them be comforted and affirmed by others who feel the same. It's safisfying to see them work through their own will to stop paying attention to their fears to the point of never wanting to feel anything, in order to reach out to those who feel like they have no choice but to jump.

I laughed (aloud) as much as I cried while reading this. The premise is just NUTS and the dialogue so effective in its comedic delivery. If the scenes here were scenes in a TV show I would have paused every now and then just to laugh.

Though there are some parts that might be predictable, personally I still had some jaw-drop moments at some of the reveals. I'm amazed at how a ridiculous hostage drama was narrated throughout the book that you don't quite understand how the whole thing happened until the end. I liked how it all ended up tying together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse

madisonfrank's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

readerette's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It jumps around between characters and to some extent time (sometimes a decade back and forth, but mostly over the course of this one particular day). If you are bothered by either literary device I'd still suggest giving this book a try. So many poignant moments, from laugh-out-loud to heart-wrenching. Follow closely and don't make too many assumptions--I made my fair share and was pleasantly surprised to be redirected (so maybe do make assumptions, haha). The writing is deft, the story relatable, the characters delightfully (almost maddeningly) quirky, and the way things turn out is just sweet (if a bumpy ride to get there). It's possible some of the characters' comments about homosexuality/homosexual people will not go over well--to me they felt well-meaning for the characters making the comments, and not flagrantly disrespectful, but I can see how the comments could be offensive, so fair warning.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

dana_kuku's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Death of parent