Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

16 reviews

fantaiil's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Fredrik Bakmann is and will always be my favourite author. And this is his best one yet (in my opinion).
I love his words, his characters and how he makes me cry while talking about humans and their inability of saying, what they want to say.

This book is about love, despair, kids, dumb choices, pizza, love, marriage, kids and their parents, money, capitalism, love and a bridge. It's about the connection between people and the irrational things we do, when we feel emotions that are to big to describe.

Backman is a magician. A magician of words and sentences and making one feel and cry and laugh and feel once again.

I wish, I could buy this book a thousand times and gift it to everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Self harm, Murder, Blood, Violence, Grief, Addiction, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Gun violence

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense

4.5

You never know what someone is currently going through in the parts of their life that you cannot see, or how their prior experiences have shaped their future interactions. It was so interesting how each character evolved in this story. Background information was slowly unearthed, some of which explained character choices and some of which muddied the waters. 

This was the second Fredrik Backman book I've read and I'm already reserving another at the library. 

4.5 ⭐

Trigger warning: suicide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

runpinkyrun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

made me cry for 6.8 hours

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Alcoholism

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

slucchesi06's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Cancer

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was a disappointment and I should have DNF’d a while ago. But by the time I realized the storyline was bland, I was already more than halfway through. I finished but ultimately it wasn’t great. I gave 2 stars because it was funny on occasion and had a unique plot. There was some good character development but overall it wasn’t great. It was cheesy, slow, and the timeline made things confusing for me. I thought the robber was a male until 75% of the way through and realized they were a female?? I don’t know how I didn’t realize that beforehand? Or if it was on purpose? I’m not sure. Anyway, I would not recommend. 
I would compare this book to “Normal People” but more funny. Still depressing though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Suicide

ritsuka's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

Powieść kompletna. Odczuwa się całą paletę emocji. Czy na koniec autora już trochę poniosło? Tak. Czy rozwiązanie było w pełni satysfakcjonujące? Nie. Ale to nic, bo to nadal historia, którą poleciłabym każdemu.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, War, and Addiction

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment, War, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

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

book_girl's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Grief