Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

92 reviews

tijanane's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This man should be responsible for paying my therapy bills.

He did it again! He indeed did it again. Not to repeat myself but this book was amazing.

The emotional rollercoaster i went through while reading this is insane, i have so many things to say about this book but i simply can't find the right words for it.

I was tempted to give this book 4 stars because of all the politics talk which i despise plus the repetition of certain part but i simply don't have it in me to give it any less then 5 stars.

I'm kinda afraid of the last book but oh well, we'll see soon what he has in store for us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia

jennneely82's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

lostpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

mollyb13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

2023: I did a reread of this book so that I would remember what was going on before taking on the final book in the series. My second read was even better than the first and I wish I could rate it higher than 5 stars! While I have enjoyed the other books I've read by Backman, none of them hit me like the Beartown series does. Growing up in a small town and giving everything I had to a sport that was heavily influenced by outside politics, I relate to so much in this story. Backman captured details and feelings that I could swear he took right out of my head. And in general, this series captures humanity in a beautiful and heartbreaking manner. I continue to recommend this series to everyone that I can, as this series, and the people of Beartown, have my entire heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

marshazam's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

BENJI HAPPY ENDING OR I WILL D13

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, and Physical abuse

smallsurvivor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Hate crime, and Homophobia

thrakaboom's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

While not as good as Beartown or some of Backman's other works, Us Against You is a stronger novel than the vast majority I've read in the past year. If you want something about emotion, and life, and the human experience you'll find it in the town in the woods that loves hockey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual assault

plumquin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Outing, Grief, Death, Cursing, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Rape

vietmom's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

This continuation of the storyline and characters only made me love them even more than I already did. 

Compared to Beartown, this book follows more characters, both ones we already met and new ones. It picks up right where the first one left off, minus the parts where it flashes forward ten years. This book covers more aspects of life that I think more people need a realistic view on so they can actually learn from what they read. This book still had the many moments where I laughed and cried, thinking back, I think this one actually had more moments I left a sticky note on and wrote down the quote in my log. Fredrick Backman truly did it again and I can't wait for the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying

shannanigans92's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Rape, and Violence