Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My przeciwko wam by Fredrik Backman

208 reviews

lislislislis's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death

rhyzkneez's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

lettuce_read's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt

kaelizaco's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

mald626's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

kmsander4's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book - much like Beartown - stole my heart. These characters, this world, these words, they touched me in a way that few books have.

Backman understands the power that a silly game can have over communities and the people that live in them. They can unite but they can also divide. You against me. Us against them.

The way each story and live is intertwined makes it feel like I could walk into Beartown tomorrow. I could drink with Ramona, watch Hed take on Beartown in the rink, and stand cheering amongst the Pack. These people are my people. This is my community. I have been transported like that in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Death, Car accident

nick_00's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence

annakh16's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent

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

gigirs's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this continuation of the Beartown series. Backman does an amazing job of writing characters that feel like real people. This book and this whole series as a whole is very infuriating but it does a great job of portraying the struggles and the mindsets of a small town. Personally I didn’t think Vidar came out as strongly as the writer intended and there were a few characters I didn’t care about. But you’re not meant to love/understand everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Rape

hannasandmann's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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, Outing

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

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