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Vi mot er by Fredrik Backman

225 reviews

emiliegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

Oh boy does this book have a lot to say… Once again, Fredrik Backman had knocked it out of the park with a story centered around a hockey town that is so much more than just hockey. Each character is so beautifully and tenderly expanded upon from the introductory story in this series. The stakes are somehow even higher as new characters are introduced and the towns of Hed and Beartown are left to simmer in their hatred and rivalry in the wake of the events involving Kevin in the first book. A really hard look in the face of people (and a town and club) trying to recover from a tragedy. Just wow honestly. Side note, seeing even more of Benji’s (heartbreaking) story is killing me; I just want my boy to be happy and alive. On to the finale I suppose…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Violence

stasiareading's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Just woah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence

hmcbog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Child death

sofieean's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Car accident

em_77's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Bullying, and Violence

gillianalice's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Backman doesn’t miss. At the beginning of this book, I remember thinking “wow. Screw this town and everyone in it.” And yet at the end, I’m crying over “we are the bears! The bears from beartown!” I don’t know how he does it. 

I’m dreading the next book. I remember my mom reading it, and she was sobbing at the end. But I know it’s going to be amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Homophobia, and Bullying

baileyana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

To start with the negative, i think that this book just had too many fake-outs and political machinations for me. The political machinations couldn’t really be avoided—they were part of the story that Backman wants to tell, and very necessary. I just found them boring. The fake-outs, on the other hand, felt distracting to that story. I think it made certain emotional moments feel cheap instead of impactful. That being said, this book does emotion and characters beautifully. There’s a really palpable sense of connection between the characters. And i think that’s really essential to the story of discord. Because you need that connection and that history if you want there to be stakes between warring entities. Once again, I’m at a loss for where this series might go in the next book. And I’m slightly worried about the fates of certain characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Outing

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Blood, Self harm, Addiction, and Classism

Minor: Transphobia and Child abuse

allielippe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

marippe's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

"People we love will die. We will bury our children beneath our most beautiful trees."

fredrik, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. i’d say i’m surprised but i know who you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Death, Violence, and Hate crime