Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My przeciwko wam by Fredrik Backman

208 reviews

reeccees's review against another edition

4.5

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: Yes

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Far too much world building and repetitive sentences for a sequel, especially it being information we learned in the first book. It started out much slower than book 1, but picked up pace and ended with a bang. Beautifully written as always. And now I am in pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Blood

jeeprn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape

corporatelobotomy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Outing

chemeducator's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Hate crime, Rape, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Child death

yochananvered's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sequels often don’t live up to the first installment. This one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

eleasofia's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this book continues just as the first book: the writing is beautiful, the story is carefully crafted and often misleads the reader for a while, all of the characters are unique and never just good or bad. the book is as much about community as the first one, and yes, ice hockey is still important, but it still really isn't a story about sports. the characters are the same as before, just a few new ones are introduced. it seamlessly continues after the first book, and even though the ending was absolutely heartbreaking, it fits the story. it immediately made me want to read the third book, especially because some things are already hinted at, but i feel like the story is once again complete on its own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Violence, Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

tlaynejones's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Similarly moving and challenging as the first book, but phew, the homophobia was almost too much. It should have been a predictable progression from the first book, if I’d have thought about it, but I hadn’t, so I wasn’t prepared. The same culture of toxic masculinity that feeds the destructive misogyny in book one, fuels the homophobia in book 2. I may take a little break before I begin the last book in the trilogy. So far I definitely recommend these books - if you enjoy descriptive stories about the complexities and contradictions of being human, but beware of the CW.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Death of parent

fastforward's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, Outing

Minor: Rape