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My przeciwko wam by Fredrik Backman

172 reviews

ajthequeen's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Rape

claranasman02's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing

Minor: Grief, Fire/Fire injury

lesejaguar's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is so highly relevant for all that is happening in european countries right now. I found it quite scary while on the other hand hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment

lindsay_kay's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Backman did not disappoint, I'm not surprised. I loved this one just as much as "Beartown" if not more. Impeccable writing and story telling, the characters are deep, and their connections with each are meaningful and emotional. This is the kind of book that just speaks to my soul. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Rape, Violence, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

chwinters's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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far more descriptions than i prefer— but he’s also damn good at them though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Sexual harassment

m_a_j's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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: Bullying, Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Car accident

sofieean's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Car accident

baileyana's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.25

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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To start with the negative, i think that this book just had too many fake-outs and political machinations for me. The political machinations couldn’t really be avoided—they were part of the story that Backman wants to tell, and very necessary. I just found them boring. The fake-outs, on the other hand, felt distracting to that story. I think it made certain emotional moments feel cheap instead of impactful. That being said, this book does emotion and characters beautifully. There’s a really palpable sense of connection between the characters. And i think that’s really essential to the story of discord. Because you need that connection and that history if you want there to be stakes between warring entities. Once again, I’m at a loss for where this series might go in the next book. And I’m slightly worried about the fates of certain characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Transphobia

dani794's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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"People we love will die. We will bury our children beneath our most beautiful trees."

fredrik, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. i’d say i’m surprised but i know who you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Outing