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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

145 reviews

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

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this after devouring “A Man Called Ove” (I watched “A Man Called Otto” on Netflix recently and I loved it) To be honest, I laughed so much during the witness interviews because all of them were acting so odd. As the story progressed, I understood why. My heart goes to everyone who is struggling in general. But as I always said, psychological issues are close to my heart (I’m a Psych graduate) 

My heart always breaks when parents and children struggle because of the cruel economy. 

Anna Leah, Zara, Julia, Ro, Roger, Lennert, Estelle, the bank robber, you guys are the best bunch because instead of judging the “robber” you guys were pretty understanding. It made me reflect on my life once again. 

Oh, I like the progress Zara had with Nadia (psychologist). Every character was distinct and also inclusive of queer people. As a mom, I empathize with Ro and the bank robber’s burdens. It’s really hard to be a parent. No one is perfect as we all know, but we should always be decent human beings as long as we can. 

Oh, Jim and Jack were so relatable as a father, son, and colleague police officers. Jim also understood the bank robber because he knew how hard it was to survive and raise kids. Jack did learn a lesson or two about empathy. Great touch💙

Fredrik, you’re starting to be one of my favorite authors. More power💕 P. S. I heard that there’s a series adaptation of this book, I will watch it for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Alcohol, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Self harm

lizziaha's review against another edition

funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Backman has such a talent for packing hard-hitting truths between absolute hilarity and the most depressing shit you’ve ever read and with all those smushed together, somehow spin it all to be a hopeful story. I just wish that the bank robber’s character had been developed a bit more. Compared to the hostages and the police, I felt like I knew less about the bank robber. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, War, Cancer, Xenophobia, and Child abuse

emmajh91's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Addiction

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Xenophobia

bernierj7's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Grief, and Suicide

discogecko's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

Reminds me of Lemony Snicket writing because of the tangents. Feels like too many of them in the beginning of the book, but it gets better. Very moving, although I really hope the characters actually learned to communicate in the end. Unsure of how much development there really was for their future everyday lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy

kato_dg's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Mental illness

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman was enjoyable from cover to cover. I LOVED this book, just as much as I loved A Man Called Ove. Though an entirely different situation, this book still dives deeply into human emotions, and what it is that makes us human. I love the comedic nature of Backman’s writing, and though these are really heavy and difficult topics to discuss, there is still room for his comedy throughout. I found all of the characters to be moveable, and I think that this book had a lot of little surprises. It was aware that some of its points were convenient, but it used them to tell what I would consider to be the perfect story of the human condition: relating to one another in unlikely, unavoidable, and unimaginable circumstances. This book was fast paced and sharp. It kept me glued to the page with every sentence, despite not being a genre I read often. I’ve quickly fallen in love with Backman’s ability to warp reality, and though his characters may be fictional, their emotions, reactions, and overall being is anything but. If you’ve not read Backman, I think this would be a good first book (if you don’t want to read A Man Called Ove—really either would be a wonderful choice). It captures Backman’s typical tone, and would act as the perfect snapshot. As a fair warning, this book does deal with heavy topics, and while not necessarily in the forefront, the resulting action of those choices is what causes the ripple effect that unfolds the story. I highly recommend giving this Backman book a read, it’s well worth the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts