Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

57 reviews

aromarrie's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Blood, Homophobia, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Car accident

rachellewiski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Outing, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent

sofiija's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, and Self harm

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide, and Rape

mollyb13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

2023: I did a reread of this book so that I would remember what was going on before taking on the final book in the series. My second read was even better than the first and I wish I could rate it higher than 5 stars! While I have enjoyed the other books I've read by Backman, none of them hit me like the Beartown series does. Growing up in a small town and giving everything I had to a sport that was heavily influenced by outside politics, I relate to so much in this story. Backman captured details and feelings that I could swear he took right out of my head. And in general, this series captures humanity in a beautiful and heartbreaking manner. I continue to recommend this series to everyone that I can, as this series, and the people of Beartown, have my entire heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

smallsurvivor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Hate crime, and Homophobia

thrakaboom's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

While not as good as Beartown or some of Backman's other works, Us Against You is a stronger novel than the vast majority I've read in the past year. If you want something about emotion, and life, and the human experience you'll find it in the town in the woods that loves hockey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual assault

plumquin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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: Homophobia, Violence, Outing, Grief, Death, Cursing, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Rape

shannanigans92'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Rape, and Violence

calicot's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ladev12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide