Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

26 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Blood, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Dementia, Grief, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

klr0's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Ableism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

caseyf's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Car accident, Grief, and Terminal illness

alex1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Ableism

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Death of parent, Death, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, and Ableism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, and Miscarriage

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Damn, this is dark. Ove just wants to die after he lost his wife but for a reason, he's bad at it because of his neighbors. 

It made me sad that he lost the love of his life and brought his heart with her when she passed. 

Loneliness must have eaten him inside out. Good thing, he met new people around the community even though he's the most grumpy old man alive; people around him seemed to get his tough exterior. 

It's like Ove complains a lot about other people's choices, decisions, and intelligence, but helps them anyway. I'm in my early 30s and I understood his annoyance because sometimes people younger or older than me are way different than I am. 

This story is heartwarming, and sad, but funny at some points because of the community he is in. 

I love that Parvaneh's kids considered him as their granddad, that's so sweet. He even gifted one of them a new iPad. So sweet❤️

Ove must have been happy to die and meet Sonja in the afterlife like what he wanted all along. 

Even though he wanted to go; he touched people's lives before he did and that made this story worth reading. 

It's as if he found a family before going to the love of his life. He must have a lot of stories for her. 

Ove and Sonja's love story broke me😭

Now, I have to see the movie adaptation.🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Self harm, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

c0zyreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

atypeofgrass's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

I loved this book. It is probably my favorite I have read this year. I have to say that the movie (which I watched after) is not nearly as heartfelt or touching as the book. I actually started crying when it ended. Both because it was sad and it was such a great book. Even if you don’t like books that can be sad, read this. It truly is phenomenal.

Edit: most of the comments I am reading after this I feel don’t understand the point of the book. It is not about the plot of the book at all. It is about the character and their development. Don’t go into this expecting a great story, go into this expecting to be sad. The man in the story is grumpy all the time because that was how he was written. Spend time thinking about the real people in the world who are constantly angry, and think of what they may feel on the inside. Not everything should be judged off of the first glance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infertility, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Hate crime

cady_sass's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.25

Not to be dramatic but I would die for Ove 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Self harm, Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

sichloeng's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Ableism, Car accident, Infertility, and Self harm