Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

415 reviews

jessica_g91's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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: Rape

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts

telsreadingjournal's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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There are not enough words to describe how much I love this book! It was both heart wrenching and heart warming. All the characters are relatable in some kind of way. Fredrik Backman's writing style was new for me, but I absolutely loved it. The beginning was slow but once it picked up I couldn't put it down. 

Would highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Child death

thebookmarkedmama's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual violence

ayuming_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Child death, Grief

changelingreader_adrian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Xenophobia

readwithkayy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Homophobia, Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse

thewanderingbooknerd's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol

sarahrahrah's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into reading this knowing nothing about it, other than having seen lots of praise and recommendations for it. It right away starts the intrigue with the short chapter one and the "this is the story of how we got there," and then goes on to develop the town and characters and explain all the various aspects of living in a "hockey town". Because of that first chapter, I assumed that the "violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil" from the back blurb was about someone killing someone else with a shotgun. Even though Backman does a phenomenal job of hinting at what's coming through the character development and locker room culture, I was still unprepared for when

Kevin rapes Maya

and emotionally had a hard time continuing to read after that moment. But all in all it was a fantastic book with lots of interesting themes and thoughts about the human experience wrapped up in an interesting story about a small hockey town.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Classism

bookswstella's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked to read Beartown, it’s such a important book I think everyone should read. It’s really emotional and some parts hurts so bad to read. 

Some of the characters I loved, and some I hated. They all felt so real it easily could have been a real story. 

Even tho I’m really excited to read the other books in this series, Beartown would have been a great standalone, but maybe my opinion on that will change after I’ve read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol

amariela02's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Stalking