Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

59 reviews

gpfot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

tabookish's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

A really good exploration of grief and learning to live after it. Ove is both lovable and annoying, which turns at a point to endearing in its own right. The rest of the characters feel very real and individualized, and have a lot of unspoken depth to them. The back and forth between Ove's memories and current life really build his story well and allow the reader to understand why he is the way he is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

karkei's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense 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

4.5

Ove is as old-school as they come. Despite the great reviews I’ve heard about this book, I was quite skeptical. When the story started out, Ove was grumpy and complaining. I wondered if he was one of those characters you’re just not supposed to like. 

While there are still things I disagree with him on, there were so many things that I grew to love about him too - mostly his love for Sonja. What an incredibly heartbreaking, yet equally heartwarming tale. 

In spite of his tough exterior, Ove was a marshmallow inside. People back then were just not taught to express themselves quite emotionally. What a tough bunch of people the boomers were. 

These were just an outstanding bunch of characters. Ove was such a simple man but yet so complex. His characterization was so intricately woven - I want to applaud Backman. Ove reminded me of other characters I like - partly that old man in Pixar’s “Up” and partly Richard Gilmore from Gilmore Girls. They must be cut from the same cloth. I also absolutely loved Sonja - she’s such a strong and loveable woman. Apart from that, the diversity that was written into this story certainly didn’t go unnoticed. 

Sonja summed Ove up best when she said he was the oddest kind of superhero. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia and Violence

allydee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

animaniac17's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Miscarriage

alex_bousquet'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Ove is your typical curmudgeon but that doesn't stop the new neighbor parvaneh from doing everything she can to befriend him. Ove grows so much as a person throughout the story and even though he just wants to be left alone to die to be reunited with his wife he is still so helpful to his neighbors. Ove is kind but not nice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

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

sehenry20's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse and Homophobia