Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

1124 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

saratite'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

molliesampson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

wept and laughed (out loud!) all the way through this one

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

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

belgian_fantasy_fan's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

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

meaganriley12's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

eebluee's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Building community and relationships is the key to happiness and meaning, this novel says and proves. The characters create a hopeful and cooperative world, and the "grumpy old man with a heart of gold" persona is written beautifully (and hilariously!) here.

Ove also feel like a character on the autism spectrum, even slightly beyond reality - so big was his willingness to fix/build anything around him (even on vacation). A nice exploration of suicidal ideation, especially following such all-encompassing grief. Great writing style, great translation, will be happy to read more novels by Backman.

Ove's death at the end felt bittersweet, yet it was easy to accept - he did so much for the people around him that his legacy felt cemented no matter what.

(also much better than the movie, read this instead)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicide attempt

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