Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

210 reviews

sarahmae531's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking story. For every terrible character there were so many more that I fell in love with. 
I really enjoyed Backman’s writing style/this translation. The ending tied everything together perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

luciapoloni's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

te_ss_i's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

writtenbymiyazaki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Rape, and Sexism

milliemillz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

bluebear1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

katharina90's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I adore the Beartown series. 

This story captures so beautifully what it means to be human and all that we're capable of... the best, the worst, and everything in between. It is emotional and captivating, at times heartbreaking, funny, tense and hopeful. 

Backman's characters are wonderfully complex, imperfect like the rest of us, and utterly lovable (or at least most of them...). 

The writing style is simple, succinct and fairly blunt, and there's a lot of foreshadowing. 

I was hooked immediately and will definitely be rereading this in the years to come. 


Quotes: 

"Words are not small things." 

"Difficult questions, simple answers. What is a community? It is the sum total of our choices."


[I listened to the audiobook this time. It is well narrated and I enjoyed it a lot, but definitely prefer reading this story myself so I can reread sentences and paragraphs to my heart's content.]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Cultural appropriation

tiredenglishteacher's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This is a book about sexual violence. This is not a light fun sports read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

dani794's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

5.0

“Never again do you find friends like the ones you have when you’re fifteen years old.”

This was really beautifully written! 

It was really sad but it was intriguing and irritating to see so many different viewpoints on a situation.

I particularly liked Benji, Bobo & Ana’s characters a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

noaaustin's review against another edition

adventurous 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, Rape, Sexism, and Violence