Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Os mod jer by Fredrik Backman

136 reviews

yochananvered's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sequels often don’t live up to the first installment. This one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexism, Death, Car accident, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape

emuewe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Drug use, and Rape

eleasofia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book continues just as the first book: the writing is beautiful, the story is carefully crafted and often misleads the reader for a while, all of the characters are unique and never just good or bad. the book is as much about community as the first one, and yes, ice hockey is still important, but it still really isn't a story about sports. the characters are the same as before, just a few new ones are introduced. it seamlessly continues after the first book, and even though the ending was absolutely heartbreaking, it fits the story. it immediately made me want to read the third book, especially because some things are already hinted at, but i feel like the story is once again complete on its own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Rape, Drug use, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

squintyfarmer's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

mysyf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Outing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Minor: Rape

mj1996's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Rape

em_hudson03101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Outing, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

It’s been a bit since I read the first book, but the 2nd installment did such a complete “previously on…” that I immediately felt right back in it. The specific voice of this series, 2nd person omnipresent POV, is so interesting and really works for the over the top drama that occurs in this story.

 Sometimes the look into the future (“and she will regret it” etc etc) felt a little cheesy, but this book is kind of inherently cheesy, so it works. I did have some issues with the future tense constantly teasing something terrible and then nothing would happen (or the thing would happen but to a character we didn’t even know existed), it often felt like cheap emotional manipulation just to provoke a response, but never going so far as to actually reap consequences for the characters/story. I was definitely kept on the edge of my seat, but after crying wolf so many times I eventually felt as if there were no meaningful stakes.

This felt like a very natural continuation from the first book, similar themes and turmoil and small town politics, so in some ways it felt kind of repetitive and unnecessary, but mostly it was nice to come back to Beartown. I will definitely finish out this series and am excited to get to some of Blackman’s other titles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Death, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident and Gun violence

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This series is really just devastating. We pick up with most of the characters from the previous book, and we trace the next few months of their lives as they navigate the fallout of the Beartown hockey team being dissolved. It's tense and sad and moving and thought-provoking, and Backman is able to humanize every single character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Rape

msash812's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape