Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

7 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

audreywright's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

This whole series wrecked me. Backmans character building is like no other. He is an incredible author and this series made him my favorite. The topics are hard hitting but important and impactful. You will be challenged to rethink your perspectives and you will fall in love with Beartown and these characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Outing and Self harm

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The saga of Beartown comes to a tragic and triumphant close.

“This hurts too much to touch with words.”

I knew from the first page of The Winners that it was going to wreck me. I was not prepared. 

It took me over a month to read this book partially because work has been crazy and I haven’t had much time to read, but also because I was dreading the end of Beartown, saying goodbye to this town, these characters - especially one in particular. It was rough, but what a beautiful ride. Backman is my favorite for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Medical trauma, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Outing, Misogyny, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual violence, Car accident, and Blood

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

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

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