Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

444 reviews

lainey_sherman3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Medical content, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and Homophobia

hkveit's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Miscarriage, Homophobia, Cancer, Car accident, and Fatphobia

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

4.0

Such a great book! Ove is such a sweet man and I’ve wanted to read this book for so long. Funny and heartwarming, moving but sad too. Beautifully written. 
Pick at Bookclub

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

palis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

"Love" is maybe a weird way to identify this book since it is not a love story, but it contains the most incredible sentences depicting love that I have ever read. Love in a couple, and Love in a community. A book that is about finding meaning to your life when you don't fit in it. And the meaning is found in helping others. It has all the things people who quite can't fit in society or aren't able to communicate with the world will hope to someday find. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer and Miscarriage

tjsayler's review against another edition

My neurodivergent brain couldn’t maintain interest in this story. The writing was gone week, great imagery and descriptions of the Ove, but after getting to almost 50% of the audiobook, I just wasn’t interested in the rest of the story.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Death, and Grief

froggoz13's review against another edition

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

2.5

The writing style and the story just aren't for me. The story got better in the second half of the book, but the plot and jokes and characters are too repetitive and satirical. 

Also why are Jimmy and Mirsad together????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Violence, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Domestic abuse

purpleseals's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, Death, and Cursing

spicierleaf's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Minor: War

j_nell's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Backman does it again. Amazing. Had me chuckling and tearing up within minutes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Homophobia