Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

290 reviews

sarabagels's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Homophobia, Rape, Sexism

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Outing, Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Self harm, Gaslighting

kallan's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious 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

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child death, Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Alcohol

bmumford's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts

lilopalu's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow, what a book. I was very hesitant to read this book because the subject is triggering for me. Therefore, I had to read the book slowly even though it is beautifully written and the wrtiting style sucks you in. But I trusted the author enough to treat the difficult topic with respect and tact and was not disappointed. 

Fredrik Backman is able to strike a delicate balance between showing where people are coming from without condoning their behaviour. All of the many, many characters in this story are morally gray and nobody does always the right thing. But he clearly shows that some characters react in a dificult situation way worse than others. I also like how he shows the mechanisms and harmful effects of deeply ingrained misogyny (and homophobia),  'ocker room culture' and mob dynamics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

shannanigans92's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent

cryptoid1283's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt

nitya_s's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-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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i cried the entire time i read this book. it was wonderful and definitely worth the concerning looks from my father.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content

introsocial_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

amberinbookland's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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This is a tough one to review. I feel like I should rate this higher simply because I do agree that it is an important read but the truth is, I just didn't think that it was particularly well executed. The characters were very two dimensional and considering what the book was trying to comment on, I was disappointed by how little page-time the victim was given. 

I could have put this down at any time because it just wasn't engaging to me. I actually preferred Britt-Marie Was Here, which is one of Backman's lower rated books on goodreads, because the characters in that novel were fully fleshed out and it was edited in a way that made it succinct, whereas Beartown could have been at least 100 pages shorter.

I own the sequel and I'll probably give it a try at some point but I doubt whether I'll finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence