Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

63 reviews

randirush's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

laurakehl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death of parent

starlitt_britt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

grapefruitjuice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

zenzi2read's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

This book try to tell the line between annoying and amusing for its characters. For me it was just annoying. I normally enjoy quirky character driven mysteries. And I love locked mysteries. But I found these characters grading. I did not want to spend time with them at all and had to force myself to finish this book. I wish they made a few of the characters less quirky or more subdued. The book concept was good, but I wanted it to be shorter. Most of the book is pages and pages of dialogue. That means nothing because all of the characters talk too much and say very little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer and Drug abuse

drpeeper's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

mrsjburgin's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, and Suicide

bearybooky's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

Book should be tagged lgbtqia

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

acorn192k's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, and Grief

feliciatarantino's review against another edition

4.0

Fredrik Backman has gone and made me fall for his writing once again! As witty and relatable as ever, his story of a group of misfits paired together in an accidental hostage situation during an apartment viewing. This is a funny, heartwarming, poignant story that truly captures the eccentricity of the human experience. Although the story jumped from one character to another quite rapidly, I never felt as though I was losing track of the stories. He did an excellent job of crafting unique personalities for each character and creating a distinguishable voice for each. I loved the interview bits, as infuriating and silly as they might sometimes be - they sort of reminded me of the way they talk in Gilmore Girls! All in all, I was happy to read more of Backman's work!

I received this ARC for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent