nukie19 's review for:

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

3.75

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

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This is a complicated book for me to review. The writing is beautiful but at some point, I find it frustrating to constantly being purposely led in one direction with expectations for the next part of the story only for things to take a totally different turn. It’s an interesting approach when used judiciously but this storyline felt like it relied too much on that trope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts