Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

140 reviews

alienexpert's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Toxic friendship

emilyslater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just woe. Beautiful story book kind of feel. The story is much more about the town rather than any specific character. Even with the huge cast of characters, it really tells the story of the town, it's community, values, and culture. 


Content Warning Clarification-Adult/minor relationship

a 17 year old boy rapes a 15 year old girl. I put that there because the age of consent where i live is 17

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Suicide, and Stalking

taylorparrott99's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bookswithisabel's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

pigeon_'s review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

c_alexander's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

eleasofia's review against another edition

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

i loved this book so much. it's beautifully written. every other sentence was one i wanted to highlight. the writing isn't overly complicated but it's also not simple. it's precise and beautiful and contains lots of amazing quotes about life in general.

the story totally gripped me from the first page. it's carefully crafted, every little detail is told for a reason that will be revealed as the story goes on. the story is complex and often hints at things, but in such an ambiguous way that it's hard to predict what's going to happen. the ending is satisfying and has a bit of a full-circle moment, so the book can absolutely be read standalone even though it's part of a trilogy.

i loved the way all of the characters are introduced and described. they all have unique stories and personalities. everyone's good and bad sides and actions and thoughts are shown, so it's hard to completely hate or love anyone. which i assume is the whole point and i loved it. my opinion of a lot of the characters changed throughout the book as they faced challenges and had to make decisions. 

and no, you absolutely don't need to know anything about ice hockey. you can love this story even if you don't care about sports at all. it's more about community and morality and personal relationships than it's about sports.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

kathrynshields's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I had a hard time getting into this one, but it ended up blowing me away. The first several chapter were full of slow exposition and characters that were hard to keep straight. Then the story quickly picked up and it was brilliant and devastating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Abandonment

theelliad's review against another edition

5.0

Never would I have expected to find a book so triggering and love it so dearly- this was so specific in its traumas it became somewhat healing and I fell in love with the parts of me I saw reflected in these characters. This story of a small town and it’s hockey obsessed people branches into accountability, power, social norms, grief, the exploitation of children in competitive sports, sex and assault politics, homophobia (internalised and external), secrecy, systematic and institutional failures and family dynamics without ever feeling too full. Backmans writing is so easy to love and I will be thinking about this book for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail