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The Winners by Fredrik Backman

17 reviews

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

shutupiamreading's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Fuuuuuuu-
Why is there not a 5 million star option?

I put off reading this final book in the trilogy for almost a year because I was so scared it wouldn't live up to my expectations. But this book was everything I needed and more. That first page hits you like a sucker punch but also grips you and the story doesn't let you go until the very end. This was such a worthy conclusion of one of my favourite series of all time. I will adore Beartown forever and am so happy that we got that final chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Gun violence, Sexism, Death, and Sexual assault

cannesi's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I have trouble giving Backman anything less than 5 stars. He has a way of understanding humans so deeply and the ability to put it all so simply. This book gave us an incredible ending to the story and characters I have loved throughout the series. While we knew what was going to happen, I still found myself crying. 

My only qualm with this book in particular is that it gave us too much. Too many pages of foreshadowing the same event over and over again. 

That being said, I’ll be reading and recommending anything by Backman. He’s just that good.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Grief, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Rape, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, and Self harm

allonsyahhlee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, Cursing, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Rape, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Religious bigotry, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

katharina90's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I adore the Beartown series and am sad to see it end.

This story captures so beautifully what it means to be human and all that we're capable of... the best, the worst, and everything in between. It is emotional and captivating, at times heartbreaking, funny, tense and hopeful. 

Backman's characters are wonderfully complex, imperfect like the rest of us, and utterly lovable (or at least most of them...). 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, and Bullying

bokorjudit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing tense slow-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

4.25

This epic final of the trilogy felt both sloppy, unrealistic, tumblr-girl-ish, overwritten and brutal, imaginative and heartwarming/breaking at the same time. There were more characters than in a Dosztojevszkij novel, and I felt that some of them were unneccessary, and the writing was so sentimental at times, especially conversations, that it felt like it was written by a tumblr girl who was trying to be deep. These parts were really hard to get through for me. BUT I think the stories are quite brilliant, and probably were inspired by real life events in Backmans life. And I love the "original" characters a lot, that's why I finished it. And I wasn't disappointed, so if you like lengthy books and his writing style, I definitely recommend it. Long live Björnstad! (And Hed, of course.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual violence, Cursing, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Car accident, Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

morna'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Stalking, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent