Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

91 reviews

pupulla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I absolutely adore this book. The relationships between the characters gave the book so much personality, there was adventure and even some heartbreak, but overall the essence of hopefulness made the book well rounded and enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

lenah5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

mousecat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse and Infidelity

martinaaw's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed seeing everything unravel in the perspective of Elsa, lovely characters who all felt deep!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and War

rabeegan2's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

menervold's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

 My grandma died when I was 12. She was my favorite person in the whole world. I did the audiobook for this one because it was recommended in an Instagram post for people who want the vibes of Marjorie by Taylor Swift and it really lived up to that expectation. Grieving as a child is so confusing and frustrating and no one knows what to say to you, and life also just has to go on and “everything will be ok” and this book really showed that. I am giving it 4 stars mainly because I got lost in some of the fantasy aspects, which may have been different if I didn’t do the audiobook! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

angel_ontheother's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

I can tell this is a good book that I'd like, but the audiobook version was a poor choice for me! As a person who struggles with focusing on audiobooks, I found this to be a bit hard to follow, and I didn't entirely have a well rounded experience by the end. I definitely need to re-read this but through the print version. I love Backman's writing. There were particular moments that caught my attention and I liked them a lot. Backman is great at mixing whimsical fun, witty humor, and too-close-to-home relatability. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was so sweet- I teared up at the end! As always, Fredrik Backman is a masterful storyteller who makes all of the characters in his stories, however minor they may seem, sympathetic and three-dimensional. This story didn’t hit me as hard as his other books but I’m still glad I got to read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

mlaskowski24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Bullying

kmbbb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, and War