Reviews tagging 'Death'

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

92 reviews

kennaq's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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 absolutely adored this book. I have never read something quite like this, as this is my first Fredrik Backman Book. It was whimsical, enchanting, and very rewarding to read. The characters were complex and flawed which made them all the more lovable. The story is incredibly deep when you get past the many layers of complex storytelling done by the grandmother to conceal the harshness of life. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone struggling with loss or grief because the main character processes those feelings herself. I can’t wait to read A Man Called Ove and Britt-Marie Was Here!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

deepcurvesahead's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Stalking, and War

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dbinfet22's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

harriebo's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

radfordmanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

loony_lucy's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I love the premise and the message of this book but sometimes the execution was a bit off. The pacing for one, and I found issues with a few of the adult characters letting children do certain things. Felt that was rather unrealistic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Violence

booksnest's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

This book is ultimately about grief and about how we deal with it and how we move on. Following a seven year old main character as she navigates this journey for the first time. 

This writing is just lovely, so many relatable lines that offer hope and reflection to the reader. Credit to Henning Koch for doing such a brilliant job of maintaining the beauty of this book through the art of translation.

This book balanced a made up world with a very real and stark reality and showed how the two knit together in a way I felt was reminiscent of the film Big Fish, which was an aspect I really liked. Although I felt I was waiting for the plot to pick it’s direction for about half of the book, which made it quite slow going for me for quite a while. But once the pacing picked up, I couldn’t put this book down and found myself falling in love with all the characters, even the worse I started off strongly disliking. 

A really beautiful story, with beautiful messages and a really unique and inspiring young lead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Minor: Car accident

Trigger warnings that could be considered spoilers:

pet and child death

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

kscheffrahn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Physical abuse