Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

18 reviews

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

shelby1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

 

“Younger brothers never know what they put their big sisters through.  Anxiety hidden behind eyed, words hidden behind other words, keys to gun cabinets hidden under pillows at night “

As I become more and more obsessed with F1 - the most elitist sport besides maybe polo? - Fredrik Backman comes around and smack me on the head to remind me that the only sports worth supporting are the ones that belong to the people #ThankYouComrade. 

Picking up a few months after the climactic, trigger-happy ending of Book 1, Us Against You throws us back into the lives of this small town hockey-team, their mothers and sisters, and the politicians and neighborhood gangs that pin their hopes of survival to the team’s success. 

We Stand Tall If You Stand Tall 

The closest I can come to explaining how reading this series makes me feel is to compare it to the ‘Midnights’ release day. Clearing my morning, closing my eyes, pressing play and readying my heart to be emotionally dropkicked by Taylor Swift every 5 minutes until I’m convinced I’m just a series of heartbreaks and drunk decisions tied together by nostalgia. 

Read If:

– You’ve lost a best friend because you did some stupid shit 

– You remember the media hype, and subsequent backlash, against Michael Sam (first openly gay NFL draft pick)

– At some point you’ve been the glue holding your parents’ marriage together 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse

breadwitchery's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Outing, Child death, Self harm, Sexism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

lunar_witch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Outing

kizzy's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

emakay's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

heather3106's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

warnerselle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Us against you and Beartown are two of the most beautifully written books I've ever read. Benji's character is very relatable, the anger, apathy and fear of growing up lgbtq+ alone, a sad childhood, a missing sense of belonging in a way you can't express is very hard to write but it's perfectly. I loved every minute I spent reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, and Domestic abuse