Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

13 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall this book was so so good. I always recommend people who want to read Fredrik Backman’s books to go in blind. His books always have secondary plot points that make the book so much more interesting and develop the characters so much. The only reason I did not give this 5 stars was I wished there was a little less detail on hockey (I know that’s one of the biggest parts of the book but at some points it seemed a little excessive) and the ending was not as satisfying as I would’ve wished but I think that was kind of the point, it was realistic I guess. Please check the content warnings!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Classism, Rape, and Sexual violence

idajoh's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

helt syk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Child abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

zoe_jiran's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fatphobia, Cursing, and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking