Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

19 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

cathrynveronica's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

A thought-provoking, raw, authentic collection of character storylines that are elegantly woven together. Bachman does an excellent job choosing Feminist themes and tells the same story from two perspectives based on differences of social status, upbringing, and love of all kinds, across the two hockey towns. Powerful, full characters who make me laugh, cry, and feel deeply. 

I look forward to reading over and over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

livreads4fun's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Homophobia

brittanyisbooked's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe this series has come to an end. A piece of my heart is permanently residing in Beartown. This series was beautiful, elegant, complex, and all the things. The Winners rounded out the series so gorgeously. All of the characters got their endings. All of the love that I already had grew deeper. I will read this book again and again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

thehmkane's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Dammit Backman, you've done it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Addiction, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Suicide, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Miscarriage

llayaz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

meeklovestoread's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

In Backman fashion, he did it again. I really liked this trilogy. His writing was great and lyrical as always. I like all the topics he tackled in this book as well as found family that was formed with the main characters. However, I did feel like this book could've been 100 pages shorter and I was really caught off guard by the abundance of new characters introduced. Although I did enjoy the politics of the books, I'm not going to lie I did find it difficult to grasp, but politics is a pretty foreign concept to me so I guess that was on me. And speaking of the politics I still can't seem to understand what was Richard Theo's agenda in the end and how he had such indirect influence on such a small town. But overall, I still like the book and do recommend the trilogy. 

it sucks that no one will ever know what happened to Ruth😔; also I still will never forgive Ana for putting Benji the way she did (I was side-eyeing her the whole book)

One critic I will draw from this book thought was the lack of ultra-femininity. Maybe that's just how the female characters were supposed to be, but it kind of annoyed me that they all had to be strong and tough all the time. Also, I was hoping Leo would get more of an arc this book considering what happened in the second book, but I guess that was okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Classism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Cursing

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

cheekypearson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

I LOVE this series - I started reading the Beartown series when I lived in a cold, dark place and it saved me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Death, Grief, Violence, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide

charlotte123's review against another edition

5.0

Ich habe Backman zwischendurch echt gehasst, aber am Ende war es perfekt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit, War, Outing, Car accident, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Racism