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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Cursing
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Minor: Mental illness
Crying.
Smiling.
All on a loop. Frdrik Backman, the writer that you are! I think this might be in my top 3 Fredrik Backman books. No, cuz why?! Why?! Only he can make a book about a painting worthwhile. His storytelling is like no other, and just when you think you know what's going on, you just DON'T! The way he writes is unlike that of any other author; no one can compare to his writing style. Ted is literally my spirit animal. There are so many worthwhile lines in here. The commentary on friendship, adulthood, abuse, death, fear, etc was so well done. I feel like his writing really shines here. Would definitely re-read this book (and I don't re-read)
Honestly, although I love Fredrik Backman, I've never rated a single one of his books 5 stars, unfortunately (I'm very picky when it comes to 5 stars). And I think it comes down to the fact that although I'm in love with his writing style, he does do a lot of telling rather than showing. And I felt like in this book, although I loved all the characters (even warmed up to Ali), I wasn't too connected with them because I felt like we were getting told a lot of things very abruptly, instead of it progressing like an actual story would, if that makes sense. And it's because of that where I felt that disconnect towards them; I didn't feel that emotional tug, you know that would push this to be 5-stars for me!
Nonetheless, I still enjoyed this one. I don't think there will ever be a time when I don't enjoy a Fredrik Backman book, really. Shout-out to his translator and Marin Ireland, the narrator. She always does a phenomenal job narrating his books.
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death of parent
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent
That being said, I still very much enjoyed reading through My Friends. Not sure that this book affected me as much as it did other people, but it's still a heartfelt and emotional story about the power of art and the prevailing nature of friendship, and the language was poetic enough to tug at my heartstrings every so often.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol