Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Vi mot er by Fredrik Backman

58 reviews

yochananvered's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Sequels often don’t live up to the first installment. This one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexism, Death, Car accident, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape

mysyf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Minor: Rape

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

 

Once again I am in awe that a hockey book could be so beautiful and heartbreaking. I love Backman and this book about the love we have for our friends. our family and our community. I laughed, I cried and it was just wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Violence, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

em_hudson03101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Outing, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

thankstomylocallibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Car accident, and Outing

superciliary's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Outing, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

ajthequeen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Rape

claranasman02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, Outing, and Car accident

Minor: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

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

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