Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

4 reviews

emalillah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Outing, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Drug use, Child death, and Bullying

kananineko's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Grief, Animal death, Death, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Drug use, and Cursing

Moderate: Child death, Religious bigotry, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Stalking, Pregnancy, Classism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, Excrement, Homophobia, Suicide, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

edgaranjapoe's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Addiction, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Rape, Murder, Grief, Classism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Blood, Homophobia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Stalking, Self harm, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Fatphobia, Abortion, Body shaming, Cancer, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Vomit

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

why did backman do this to me. this was such a devastating end to the trilogy. similarly to the last one, i do not really like how a ton of new characters were introduced and became part of the forefront. but yet again, Backman did an amazing job on the writing and characters. this made me sob.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gore, Outing, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder