Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

121 reviews

bealittlebrave's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

This one hurts too much to touch with words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Car accident, Rape, Addiction, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

elainarkk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

While I enjoyed reading this series as a whole, this book was such a drag for me. Half of the plot points and new characters don’t have any significance in the end, which makes it hard to appreciate how long it took to read. The underlying messages and conversations had in this book about sexism, violent masculinity, class structures, and family (whether chosen or biological) are super great, so—again—I’m glad I read it, but I just think Backman’s writing style is not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Misogyny

firststreetbethreads's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

sbookreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Grief, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Pregnancy, Classism, Cursing, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child death, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

hannasandmann's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicide, Child death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Addiction, and Self harm

kassidyreads's review

challenging emotional 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: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Rape, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Drug use, Child death, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Bullying, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

hmcbog's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

sandysmith's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

What a ride of a book. It was a tad long at nearly 700 pages, but this I overlooked to reunite with my favourite characters and some new ones. The author writes them so beautifully, and in such a way that the ending is heartbreaking. "This hurts too much to touch with words", you do need to have read the previous 2 books in the trilogy, but the investment is so worth it. Friendships, politics, town rivalry, family relationships, religion, kindness, happiness, love, and so much more than ice hockey teams. It is an emotional, big-hearted, clever, and simply delightful. I absolutely loved it. Go Beartown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Gun violence, and Rape

polypropylena's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Suicide

specklethecrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I cried so hard and want to erase this from my mind just to reread it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicide