Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

29 reviews

nina83's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

suzydunk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

_rosie_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

genesismt's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

svincent2210's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

edgaranjapoe's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

sisulake18's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Suicide, and Grief

dragondelibros's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Okay, so when reading this I'm not gonna lie it's very slow in the beginning. And I even had the thought of dnf-ing because I was starting school and didn't have the time to stick through a book, but the concept was still intriguing to me and I loved "A Man Called Ove" so I stuck around for the author as well. Oh my goodness! I'm soooooo glad I dud! This book was phenomenal. But I feel like you have to like the way it was written to enjoy the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

itshrewsbury's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Backman is an underrated writer; the way he writes characters, it’s clear he understands the inner workings of the human mind, why we do what we do, even if it makes no sense on the outside. 
His writing style reminds me a lot of Ellen Hopkins, where there’s an ambiguous chapter opener that connects the threads of the story together. 
Backman is also king of “both side”-ism, which is frustrating when the climactic event of the book is a rape, but overall makes for a great story.
It makes me curious if there’s any scientific studies on the mental and emotional trauma children in sports suffer, particularly in areas where sports are the end all be all of the community

18+

TW/CW: Drug use (marijuana) and addiction (alcohol), child abuse, hazing, transphobic comments, homophobia, rape, PTSD, racism, gang violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Transphobia