Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

19 reviews

danielle_sips_tea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Dementia, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Car accident, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal cruelty

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I absolutely adore Backman’s writing. His characters are incredibly well developed and loveable. His stories are always more than meets the eye, which this definitely was. I like to go into his books totally blind and it always improves the experience of reading his books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicide

gabe7372's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Dementia, Homophobia, and Cancer

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

bhagya_14's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Miscarriage and Death

Minor: Mental illness and Grief

mmalone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Chronic illness

elisweets'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

5.0

I started a new job so it took me a while to read this one, especially since it’s not a normal or usual choice of mine, but oh my god I think it’s now one of my favorites.
I don’t want to give away any spoilers, so I’ll be limited in what I say, but I cried hard and often while reading this particular book. There was also plenty of chuckles and smiles as well. Ove is a particular man with a particular way of doing things and while in the beginning I wanted to write him off and I didn’t quite like him, by the end you really see a different side of him and life.
I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

chandle5's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

madisonfrank's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

robertal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Delightful characters and tough subject matter.  I loved this book and I loved Ove.  His character arc was perfect and his growth as a person was so inspiring and touching.  All of his neighbors made this book extra special.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts