Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

61 reviews

claranasman02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

To start with the negative, i think that this book just had too many fake-outs and political machinations for me. The political machinations couldn’t really be avoided—they were part of the story that Backman wants to tell, and very necessary. I just found them boring. The fake-outs, on the other hand, felt distracting to that story. I think it made certain emotional moments feel cheap instead of impactful. That being said, this book does emotion and characters beautifully. There’s a really palpable sense of connection between the characters. And i think that’s really essential to the story of discord. Because you need that connection and that history if you want there to be stakes between warring entities. Once again, I’m at a loss for where this series might go in the next book. And I’m slightly worried about the fates of certain characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse and Transphobia

dani794's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

"People we love will die. We will bury our children beneath our most beautiful trees."

fredrik, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. i’d say i’m surprised but i know who you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Outing

thespellboundlibraries's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Outing

Moderate: Rape and Self harm

atalea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Child death and Vomit

lislune's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Death

backmanfan's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Outing

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Rape

annakh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Moderate: Misogyny and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

notlikethebeer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

I'm somewhat in two minds about a lot of this book... It was really beautiful, like really really gorgeous. But equally, it was so wordy! - at times the beauty of it felt maybe a little overdone, by labouring the points a it too much? I don't really know how that could be reconciled though, and I also don't know how much is a translation thing! It was, as with Beartown, an incredible exploration of a whole town - albeit with a few too many characters at times - and a really interesting look into a world I know nothing about. It was also fascinating in the ways that it looked at nuance, at the ways that good people do bad things, and how maybe there is no such thing as a good or bad person.

I am, however, gonna die salty about that ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Outing

hannasandmann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Comes nothing short of part 1. I was hooked. 
I still can't get my head around how every character in this series is a fully fledged human, because there are a lot and I feel like I know them all. Fredrik Backman did an immaculate job here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury