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My przeciwko wam by Fredrik Backman

172 reviews

jmledezma15's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Car accident

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

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

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

coolbeans995's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective 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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Not as strong as the first book but still solid. The writing is beautiful in my opinion but not action packed, even in intense moments. I reckon that works turn some people off but I enjoyed it. I'm anxious to read the conclusion to this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse

verafey's review against another edition

4.5

challenging 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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This book had way more political aspects than the previous one in the series and still not quite sure if I liked that or not. This book was also very very sad and depressing for a long time and that was a bit too much for me. It took 300 pages to finally get to see some light at the end of the tunnel. I did really like the themes of (found) family and unconditional love, friendship, sexism/feminism and lgbtqia+. This book was definitely an emotional rollercoaster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ate_reads's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Lesbophobia

marymason's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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unfortunate that i started this right at the start of my reading slump, but it was so well worth pushing through - fredrik backman writes with such heart, and this book is no exception

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Biphobia