Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

80 reviews

edgaranjapoe's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Outing, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Cursing, Rape, Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

chrissaay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Rape

bendy_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging 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

I can’t even begin to describe the emotions this book made me feel. Fredrik Backman is a literary genius and I will not accept any other (wrong) opinions on the matter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism

I can’t even begin to describe the emotions this book made me feel. Fredrik Backman is a literary genius and I will not accept any other (wrong) opinions on the matter.

sarahmichelle30's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Outing, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Self harm, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Classism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

jenna_s_9's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

This was an incredible follow up to Beartown. 

It did take me a little longer to connect and I felt like the second half of the book was spectacular and really captured the lightning in a bottle feel that Backman had with book one. 

It is tough to read at times, but my god does Backman have a way of capturing complexities and feeding them to us in a way that feels entirely relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual assault

knunderb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

Backman's ability to examine the human condition is just superb. I love how he zooms in on a character,.then zooms out on the broader story and then zooms in on another character. He simulateously makes you be so angry at a character and feel so much empathy for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Car accident

river69rat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I loved Beartown but I was not expecting to love this book even more. Maybe it's the connection you get with the characters that made going into this book even more emotionally charged, but the new characters introduced also captured me immensely. This book just broke my heart yet brought me so much hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual assault

katsnow14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Outing, Alcoholism, Violence, and Cancer

radio_4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Classism, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism