Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

16 reviews

annakh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Medical content, and Misogyny

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

agiecummings's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

It always takes me longer than I think it will to finish a Fredrik Backman novel, but they are always, always worth it. What a stunning story and such a beautiful, heartbreaking ending to this series.

If it is even possible to measure all the “if only”s and “if that hadn’t”s because when it comes down to it, that’s really all life is. This is a quote from the book that I feel like beautifully encapsulates exactly what this whole series has been about. There are so many moments that we were witness to as he tells all the stories of this small town, Beartown.

And, let me tell you, the last 10 chapters are beyond heartbreaking and if you aren’t moved to tears, you’re made of stone. Benji’s death hit me the hardest of all of it. I cannot believe how that ending came to be. What a scary  representation of the realities that we all face every day in the world we live in.

Such a beautiful depiction of real life. Through the lens of a hockey team and the people deeply entrenched in and around that team. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Homophobia

j3ss1's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

Loved it and hated it in equal measure, loved it because of how emotionally wrecked it left me. Hated it for the same reason!
It speaks to how beautifully written it is and how well the characters are brought to life that I didn't get tired of the slow pace, I was hooked. I was also completely sobbing by the end. I really enjoyed having Hed characters who allowed us to see Beartown and the events of the last two books through a different perspective both in terms of how these new characters experienced those events and showing a comparison to other people's similar but different stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug use, Car accident, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, and Suicide

baileyes's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful writing, excellent, intimate story telling, coupled with wonderfully nuanced characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Xenophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Child death, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

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

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

kshertz's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t think I’m ever going to read a Frederik Backman book and feel like it’s less than a 5.0. I was very nervous going into this book because It had been so long since I had read about the characters and I felt like it had wrapped up in the last book. But when I read this book I realized how much more of that story there was to tell. I loved all of the story even though it often broke my heart. This author just really understands how to make you care about people and how to make those people realistic and flawed but at the same time amazing and can connect the entire story and wrap it up in a away I’ve never seen before. You just have to read the series. Especially for this ending of this book. I definitely cried.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Gun violence, Alcohol, Bullying, and Child death

dragnfary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Omg. Omg. 😭 so good. What an amazing conclusion to Beartown.  What an amazing author and a wonderful translator. FB's characters are so multi faceted and so real. Amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Child death, Addiction, Abandonment, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Alcoholism, Rape, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Drug use

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