bokorjudit 's review for:

Győztesek by Fredrik Backman

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This epic final of the trilogy felt both sloppy, unrealistic, tumblr-girl-ish, overwritten and brutal, imaginative and heartwarming/breaking at the same time. There were more characters than in a Dosztojevszkij novel, and I felt that some of them were unneccessary, and the writing was so sentimental at times, especially conversations, that it felt like it was written by a tumblr girl who was trying to be deep. These parts were really hard to get through for me. BUT I think the stories are quite brilliant, and probably were inspired by real life events in Backmans life. And I love the "original" characters a lot, that's why I finished it. And I wasn't disappointed, so if you like lengthy books and his writing style, I definitely recommend it. Long live Björnstad! (And Hed, of course.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment