Reviews tagging 'Death'

Os mod jer by Fredrik Backman

109 reviews

emiliegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

Oh boy does this book have a lot to say… Once again, Fredrik Backman had knocked it out of the park with a story centered around a hockey town that is so much more than just hockey. Each character is so beautifully and tenderly expanded upon from the introductory story in this series. The stakes are somehow even higher as new characters are introduced and the towns of Hed and Beartown are left to simmer in their hatred and rivalry in the wake of the events involving Kevin in the first book. A really hard look in the face of people (and a town and club) trying to recover from a tragedy. Just wow honestly. Side note, seeing even more of Benji’s (heartbreaking) story is killing me; I just want my boy to be happy and alive. On to the finale I suppose…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Violence

em_77's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Bullying, and Violence

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

To start with the negative, i think that this book just had too many fake-outs and political machinations for me. The political machinations couldn’t really be avoided—they were part of the story that Backman wants to tell, and very necessary. I just found them boring. The fake-outs, on the other hand, felt distracting to that story. I think it made certain emotional moments feel cheap instead of impactful. That being said, this book does emotion and characters beautifully. There’s a really palpable sense of connection between the characters. And i think that’s really essential to the story of discord. Because you need that connection and that history if you want there to be stakes between warring entities. Once again, I’m at a loss for where this series might go in the next book. And I’m slightly worried about the fates of certain characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Outing

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Blood, Self harm, Addiction, and Classism

Minor: Transphobia and Child abuse

marippe's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

"People we love will die. We will bury our children beneath our most beautiful trees."

fredrik, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly. i’d say i’m surprised but i know who you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Death, Violence, and Hate crime

mira_tanyasita's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Death, Cancer, and Rape

lorit1227's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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: Car accident, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Suicide, and Violence

redhothabanero's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

I dont have words to describe how well Fredrik Backman writes people. Their characteristics, their feelings, theire interactions with each other. I haven't cried this hard in a long time and both Beartown books I've read so far have had me ugly crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Bullying

lislune's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Outing, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

arilee123's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Alcohol, and Death of parent

rhubarbpi3's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.0

I quite liked this book! Not quite as good as the third, (I think?) but I love the writing style. The author does these beautiful repetition phrases and says like a theory and then a story and brings it back to this big idea that I quite like. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt