Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Os mod jer by Fredrik Backman

51 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, Outing, and Homophobia

court_epple's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Child death, and Violence

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

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

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

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Fredrik Backman is an incredible writer. His emotive writing and stunning characters just grab hold of my emotions and wring them out for all their worth. I haven't felt this big a book hangover since A Little Life. Thank goodness there's a third and it's a chonk!

I read Beartown almost a year ago, and I wasn't sure I'd remember a lot of the detail or character specifics. But it turns out this town and its glorious inhabitants live rent-free in my brain, and combined with Backman brilliantly spinning plot and recap together, I was soon immersed again; possibly more than last time. Now I knew history, I knew conflict, and I knew just how much there is to love in all of these beautiful, broken people.

The first half of the book is very contemplative and deals with some heavy emotion as the town comes to terms with the events of the first book. Upheaval and scandal threaten the future of the hockey club, and everyone is affected. We learn more about The Pack and its history with hockey (my goodness, I love Teemu!) as the club begins to rebuild itself.

The conflict between the teams in Hed and Beartown is incredibly tense at times, which builds throughout the book. The events that lead to the climax at the end are so clever, so intricate and often devastating. But there is genuine kindness littered throughout the town (as well as real moments of humour), and I finished so many chapters weeping at the beauty of it all.

This is such a human story, filled with survival, love and tragedy (often all hand in hand), and I completely adored it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Death

cannesi's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.25

A good follow up to Beartown, but nothing could ever beat the first book. I still loved this book and being able to follow the same characters throughout their lives. The end with Peter made me chuckle because what makes him think he is qualified?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Car accident, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death

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

miriamped's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Car accident, and Homophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury