Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

16 reviews

macliffe's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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This book left me in awe. I don’t think I’ve ever read a story told this way. It’s like the author give you the pitch at the beginning, then you spend the rest of the book zooming in slowly. I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy the characters because most of them were pretty insufferable at first, but I think the point of the book was to show that everyone has a story and motivations for why they  are the way they are. There are similar themes in A Man Called Ove.  I ended up loving all the characters, and this book became my favorite book of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent

hannahgunther's review against another edition

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Too much language for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing

bearybooky's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Book should be tagged lgbtqia

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol

kristapeters's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence

tygeis02's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

hapalyn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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: No

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I loved this book. As usual, I always recommend people go into Backman’s books totally blind. It makes his books so much more enjoyable and exciting in my opinion. The group of characters were all so unique and well developed and it was really fun to see them all interact and eventually bond. I loved the twists and turns of the plot as well. I would recommend this book as a fun read! As always please read the content warnings!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcohol

austin_b_64's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring tense 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

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My new favorite book of all-time! Part hostage story, part character study, all with Backman's trademark humor and fascination with people. This is his masterpiece!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing