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I literally have no words…
It destroyed me and put me back together again
Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
It’s chock full of thoughtful and insightful commentary on the difficulties of being a person. What life does to us and what we do to each other. It’s cautionary tale after cautionary tale about all the ways we fail ourselves and one another. Backman uses his characters to point out our own foibles and blind spots. And I love how often he uses metaphors and similes to get across ideas and themes. There are so many and they’re so well done. They’re my favorite aspect of the book. [“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, there’s always someone who’s freezing.”]
I love how unabashedly feminist the book is. It has a lot to say about the perils and insidiousness of misogyny without really having to SAY anything at all. I think Backman does an amazing job of showing how often women are casually disrespected, how often their talents are written off, their opinions dismissed, how they’re subject to the whims of violence and power of the men around them, how few people are willing to stand up for them. He also shows different ways they can take back the power that’s been taken from them and how hard it is to do so. Kira, Maya, Fatima, Adri, Jeanette, Kevin’s mom (who, rather appropriately due to her lack of agency, is never given a name) among others, all give us examples. Misogyny makes for a sinister background presence in this book.
I found it a little slow at times but Beartown is an extremely well written, powerful and thought-provoking work with important messages, great storytelling and excellent characters.
4 stars out of 5
⚠️ I honestly had no idea this was basically a story about Brock Turner. If I’d have known that, I probably wouldn’t have read it. This book was probably not one I should have picked up and I had a hard time getting through it. Heed the TW/CWs on this one, folks. 👇🏼
https://booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=Beartown_by_Fredrik_Backman
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Violence, Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Classism
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Death of parent
Fredrik Backman has a way of throwing you into a community and really, really making you understand it. Almost as if you’ve lived there your entire life. I find that fascinating about his writing. There’s a LOT of characters, but you feel like you understand all of them. (even if you hate them)
This story follows a team of hockey players, their families, friends, and the people who’s lives revolve around them in one way or another. It’s really, really honest.
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Classism
Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Pregnancy
In reality this book treat of a really serious subject... Rape Culture, but there were small joke here and there that were needed to change the mood a little. This was a great read and I would recommand it to anyone after they check the content warning section. I really appriciate that there were no graphic scene in this book.
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent
Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Boken handlar om en hockeystad och dess invånare. Huvudfokus ligger på sportchefen och hans familj. Även stort fokus på hockey laget.
Rekommenderar starkt till den som vill ha en bok att tänka till om och reflektera. Oerhört känslosam så kolla TW innan. Rekommenderar minst 15+.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol