Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

19 reviews

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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

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

Minor: Transphobia and Child abuse

mira_tanyasita's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Death, Cancer, and Rape

briniparker's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer

Minor: Child death and Rape

atalea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Vomit and Child death

arilee123's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Alcohol, and Death of parent

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Homophobia, and Outing

poisonivy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

unfortunate that i started this right at the start of my reading slump, but it was so well worth pushing through - fredrik backman writes with such heart, and this book is no exception

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Addiction

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

danicam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Car accident, Death, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt and Cancer