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chasingpages1's review against another edition
- 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
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
trappaport's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
wickedgrumpy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
"This story is about a lot of thing but mostly about idiots.
Reading this book feels like you are actively getting whiplash since it keeps tugging you in different directions, trying to keep the suspense/mystery. Because of this it takes forever for anything to happen and it never feels like anything has a natural progression. It's as if you take one step forward and then two steps back in a halting cadence.
Also, this book suffers from what I will henceforth call: Boomer-Humor. To elaborate, any chance to make a disparaging remark about the youths (TM) it is taken. This is all mixed in with the attempt to have meaningful personal stories about grief, loss, addiction, suicide (ideation/attempts) and tie it all up into one interconnected comedic bow, and in the end it is a jumbled repetitive mass of knots.
I thoroughly disliked this book. I will never read anything else from this author. I did not enjoy their prose, their humor, their character-building... No redeeming qualities. It was not for me. I can see where there would be some people who would like it, but I was not one of them.
Also, because I was curious -
Number of times the word idiot is used in the book: 60
Number of times Stockholm is used in the book: 74
This book takes place in Sweden, but not Stockholm.
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
mandi4886's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail