Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

53 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

kitcatavo's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This one will have you thinking back to it for many months after in predicting! One of those twisty tales where everyone has some connection and it is all sort of brilliantly woven together. Easy to read but definitely requires your attention. A story about many stories but mostly about humans and all our rights and wrongs and the reasons behind them. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

cfreeman129's review

emotional funny reflective 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

I loved this book! I laughed, I cried, I empathized with all the flawed characters. The omniscient narration was perfect. The twists in the story were unexpected, and I loved the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence

lewis317's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

joensign's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

aleroness's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Such a beautiful read centred on such a deep, complex, and sad subject.

Phenomenal examination of human behaviour and how everyone plays a role in everyone else's lives. So many fully fleshed out characters!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

rowy148's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

fantaiil's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Fredrik Bakmann is and will always be my favourite author. And this is his best one yet (in my opinion).
I love his words, his characters and how he makes me cry while talking about humans and their inability of saying, what they want to say.

This book is about love, despair, kids, dumb choices, pizza, love, marriage, kids and their parents, money, capitalism, love and a bridge. It's about the connection between people and the irrational things we do, when we feel emotions that are to big to describe.

Backman is a magician. A magician of words and sentences and making one feel and cry and laugh and feel once again.

I wish, I could buy this book a thousand times and gift it to everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

kayleejanes's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Classism