Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Os mod jer by Fredrik Backman

20 reviews

mightydroz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Major trigger warning for SA and self harm, for both this book and the previous novel. This book has a surprising amount of compassion without ignoring the harmful impact of characters when they do harmful things. Did not think I would read not one, but two books largely centered around hockey, but I sure did!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Outing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Homophobia

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

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

sofiija's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, and Self harm

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide, and Rape

calicot's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

beccic's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, and Homophobia

suprita's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

“Perhaps one day he’ll find words for that feeling of being different. How physical it is. Exclusion is a form of exhaustion that eats its way into your skeleton... Three little words used to describe weakness, stupidity, anything that didn’t function properly. Anything that was defective... It’s only words. Only letters. Only a human being.”

Welcome back to Beartown. A town that lost its way, fell and is now dying. In Us Against You, Fredrik Backman brings us a heart wrenching story of two towns, two teams, and what it means to believe in something bigger than yourself. One post does not do justice to this book. 2,200 characters is not enough. For this post I’m going to focus on how the book made me feel. So, this is not really a book review.

Backman takes words and turns them into something more. He turns them into emotions. And then he uses those very emotions to break your heart. If Beartown was the author ripping our hearts out, Us Against You is him throwing it on the floor and stomping on it while you helplessly watch from a corner. Because you can’t stop yourself. Because he’s that good. Backman is famous for writing books that test you not only as a reader but also as a person. It’s hard to read this book, but as the Bears from Beartown will tell you with a grin, “It’s supposed to be hard”.

I loved it and I hated it. I laughed and I cried. I shut the book and threw it away. I picked it back up and held it close. I took many breaks in between but I always came back for more, because by then this book and it’s characters had become a part of me. Their wins were mine to savour and their tragedies were mine to bear, and trust me there’s plenty of both in this book.

Backman is a master when it comes to writing grey characters. You can dislike his characters but never hate them because he’ll make sure to show you that they are only human after all, flawed and imperfect like all of us. He is not afraid of tarnishing his “heroes” and redeeming his “villains”.

Read this one. But be sure to pace yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Homophobia, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Self harm

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

emakay's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

warnerselle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Us against you and Beartown are two of the most beautifully written books I've ever read. Benji's character is very relatable, the anger, apathy and fear of growing up lgbtq+ alone, a sad childhood, a missing sense of belonging in a way you can't express is very hard to write but it's perfectly. I loved every minute I spent reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, and Domestic abuse