Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

12 reviews

emusing's review

dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Blood, and Medical content

For many of these things, they are not described graphically, but they are central to the premise of the book, so if you don't want to think about rape or violence, you will have a problem. There are also several moments which Backman writes around to make you think that one thing is about to happen, but in the next section reveals that it was not part of the plan all along.

For example, Zacharias goes into the school thinking about suicide and carrying a bucket to stand on when he hangs himself (you think), but it's actually a bucket of water to wash hate speech off of lockers. There are also fake-out moments about homophobia when David discovers that Benji is gay, and when Maya goes out, supposedly to kill someone.

emakay's review

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

• 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, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Grief