Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

411 reviews

karwc's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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, Misogyny, Sexism

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional 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

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I knew this book was vaguely about hockey in a small town. I certainly did not expect this book to be a powerful indictment of toxic masculinity

and rape culture

in sports. I knew it would be an emotional ride because duh it’s Backman. But phew this was… masterful and so so poignant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

oboyce8's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

ckallison's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Absolutely perfect book ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

vanesst's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol

aprilpamyl's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death

stellahadz's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective 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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In my experience, books that become popular on social media (Booktok, Bookstagram, etc) are usually pretty hit-or-miss, but I was really impressed with Beartown. The writing flowed well, the third-person omniscient narration was masterfully done, and the translator definitely deserves their flowers for capturing the emotional landscape of the story and the almost lyrical quality of the writing. It starts off pretty slow, but having the background information on the town and the different characters pays off in the end. This would have been great as a standalone book, but I'm absolutely planning to read the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Islamophobia

dgranholm's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape

chloethewriter's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I am going to fly to Sweden and hand-deliver my therapy bill to Fredrik Backman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death