Reviews tagging 'Death'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

110 reviews

mariacassar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Rape

sarahmichelle30's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Outing, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Self harm, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Classism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kellylayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Homophobia, Car accident, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual violence

bridget_t's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

katsnow14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Outing, Alcoholism, Violence, and Cancer

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

Don't even get me started on this series or I won't shut up. Fredrik Backman is my favorite author, and this book was no exception. It was absolutely incredible, and I think it was a little bit better than the first one (not by much though, since they're both incredible). I love how this book makes you think about a lot of things, and the writing is just stunning. Not only that, but the CHARACTERS!!! Never have I read a book where the characters feel as real as they do in this series. It actually blows my mind that these characters do not actually exist and are not actually real people and this town is completely fictional. Even the side characters like Ramona, or characters with such a minimal role that they are only mentioned briefly feel more real than most characters I read about in other books, and even those characters can have huge impacts on the story. This book also propelled one character, Benji, to my favorite fictional character of all time. In Beartown, he was my favorite character and was already one of my favorite characters of all time, but this book really made him my absolute top favorite. I don't think anyone can beat him for that spot. He's such an incredible character, and I love him so very much. He's my favorite, but the other characters deserve to be mentioned too, especially characters like Maya, Amat, Kira, and Vidar. Overall, this series has my favorite cast of characters I have ever read, and it is my favorite series of all time, no doubt about it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Car accident, Homophobia, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child death

queray's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Death

annavanseveren's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 Really didn't think this one would make me cry, but I should've known better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Homophobia, Car accident, and Outing

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, and Sexual assault

franklola's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death of parent, Outing, Cancer, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcohol