Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

61 reviews

sisulake18's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, and Outing

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: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

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

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

overall, i enjoyed this. i love Backman's writing and the Beartown characters are very 3 dimensional and loveable. i did not enjoy how we were introduced to a bunch of new characters and how the plot became so political. despite this, Backman never disappoints me with his strong characters that make me feel so deeply for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

laura_berger's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

sarahgodfrey's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Rape, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Outing

alexiconic's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

It’s blown me away a bit less than the first book. I loved spending more time with the characters I loved in Bear Town. Backman is able to continue the story and at the same time tackle new, recognizable trends we might see in our lives, too. Admirably done, because it never feels like a stretch or fan service. The one drawback is just that it didn’t feel like a necessary sequel given the wrap up of the first book in this duology.  Which isn’t bad at all - still it’s one of the best sequels I’ve read - but it felt just a bit jarring to re-enter a world that seemed finished and well-rounded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

mightydroz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Major trigger warning for SA and self harm, for both this book and the previous novel. This book has a surprising amount of compassion without ignoring the harmful impact of characters when they do harmful things. Did not think I would read not one, but two books largely centered around hockey, but I sure did!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Sexual harassment

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, Death, Homophobia, and Violence

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

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