Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

7 reviews

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

allonsyahhlee's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, Racism, Murder, Medical content, Homophobia, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

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

supermarioctopus's review

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

The perfect ending to the Beartown series. Funny and moving, it’s a bittersweet last chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Rape, Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Cursing, and Drug abuse

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

franklola's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Addiction, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

ettbokland's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief