Reviews tagging 'War'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

20 reviews

bitofkit's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death, Violence, and War

szymek_w_rodawski's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: War and Racism

grapefruitjuice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Dementia, Confinement, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Classism

nahyaqina's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

i have not read a book that made me cry big fat tears because of how heartwarming & heartfelt it was for a very long time. i did not expect that ending at all and also all the plot twists was mindblowing. and yet this book teaches us a lot about the ability to make mistakes and how it is completely okay. and the parts where those long couples get together at the end of the book… just makes my heart melt. its so touching this book. i love it fr. one of the best i’ve read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: War

k8frangella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: War

lizziaha's review against another edition

funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Backman has such a talent for packing hard-hitting truths between absolute hilarity and the most depressing shit you’ve ever read and with all those smushed together, somehow spin it all to be a hopeful story. I just wish that the bank robber’s character had been developed a bit more. Compared to the hostages and the police, I felt like I knew less about the bank robber. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Dementia, Pregnancy, War, Cancer, Xenophobia, and Child abuse

knhall14's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Dementia

slucchesi06's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Cancer

tygeis02's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, War, Addiction, Blood, Dementia, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

marlihe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

This is a story about a bank robbery, except it’s not at all a story about that. It manages to be both funny and poignant, combining a ridiculous and unpredictable plot with deeply emotional back story. It’s a beautiful study of grief, anxiety, depression, relationships, and the lengths people will go to for the ones they love. Backman combines his dry humor with poetic passages that make you reflect on your life as you traverse the story. He gives us a book that is, at its core, a story about what it means to be human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, Death of parent, and Mental illness