Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

54 reviews

mel_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was sad. And hopeful. It made me cry – but still, there are very questionable (xenophobic, mysoginistic, ableist and fatphobic) things uttered by Ove.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.25

Ove grew on me slower than the author intended to but by the end i guess he's okay…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Excrement, and Alcohol

katelynprice's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Just as charming and heartwarming as I had hoped! I love a good seasoned protagonist, a curmudgeon, and a found family story. Backman just has a way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

erinh706's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

samcsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

mariel22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Homophobia

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Damn, this is dark. Ove just wants to die after he lost his wife but for a reason, he's bad at it because of his neighbors. 

It made me sad that he lost the love of his life and brought his heart with her when she passed. 

Loneliness must have eaten him inside out. Good thing, he met new people around the community even though he's the most grumpy old man alive; people around him seemed to get his tough exterior. 

It's like Ove complains a lot about other people's choices, decisions, and intelligence, but helps them anyway. I'm in my early 30s and I understood his annoyance because sometimes people younger or older than me are way different than I am. 

This story is heartwarming, and sad, but funny at some points because of the community he is in. 

I love that Parvaneh's kids considered him as their granddad, that's so sweet. He even gifted one of them a new iPad. So sweet❤️

Ove must have been happy to die and meet Sonja in the afterlife like what he wanted all along. 

Even though he wanted to go; he touched people's lives before he did and that made this story worth reading. 

It's as if he found a family before going to the love of his life. He must have a lot of stories for her. 

Ove and Sonja's love story broke me😭

Now, I have to see the movie adaptation.🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing sad 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

4.5

This book contained so much heart so it's not surprising to say that I cried in the end. While not a romance, it does contain the love story between Ove and his wife Sonja. The love he has for her is so sweet and so sad, because the book is also a story on grief and how Ove deals with losing the love of his life. It's about grief and loneliness, but also how friendship and community can be healing. 

The relationships in this novel was truly the best part for me. I loved reading about Ove's newfound relationship with his neighbors, and slowly seeing the ones he had in the past. He is very much a grumpy old man where despite how much he tries to fight them, a friendship and community can't help but form between him and his neighbors. It's hilarious seeing him try to beef with children, but the way they bonded with each other tugged on my heart.

And when they called him granddad I felt my heart squeeze. As did the reveal on Jimmy's back story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail