Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Kleine Stadt der großen Träume by Fredrik Backman

48 reviews

clabbb'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

calamari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

fredrik blackman manages to capture the beauty and brokenness of being human in this story. it’s a book about hockey in a small town but it’s not. it’s about the choices we make as individuals, the stories those choices stem from and the ones they leave in their wake. it’s about darkness and pain and injustice, but it’s more about family and loyalty and love. it shows us we are all flawed, biased, selfish, for different reasons at different times, but it shows us that deep down, if we have the courage to look, we may find we have the strength to do what is good and what is right despite all that stands against us. chock full of tears and laughter. my favorite novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Homophobia, and Drug use

kallan's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child death and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

coophone's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.75

This book has some very heavy topics but I think this was one of the best ways I've ever saw them handled. I'm usually extremely wary because often the way people write about them is just.... not good at all because they use them as shock factor and clearly never talked to anyone who went through those things but the way it was written here was very real and in a sensible way. There are entire pages you could quote and want to push them into people's faces so maybe they finally start understanding that the way they think and react is fucked up. 
Definitely felt the urge to strangle plenty of characters so many times as it was intended and my heart was breaking for some of the kids and my heart was also breaking for the parents who just wanted to protect their children. The parent-children relationships really messed me up damn.

(Also I'm sooo relieved that my library has the sequel available to read rn so I don't have to wait dbhdbh)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

cp_frey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Fredrik Backman does it again! His writing hooks you from the beginning and through the use of short chapters and multiple character perspectives is able to respectfully delve into the small town reality of handling really horrible situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Death, and Child death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I found this really difficult to read at first as it jumps from different characters very quickly trying to introduce everyone but it got easier as the book went on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit

illa_scheggia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders