Reviews tagging 'Death'

My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman

71 reviews

kickitupanotch7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, War, and Abandonment

suzydunk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cancer, Addiction, Animal death, and Child abuse

vbptak's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Very enjoyable book. DNF the first time I read it, but picked it up again and read it in 3 days. Made me laugh so many times. Will probably read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Violence

finnifinn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Just a great book about love and imagination

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, and Death

bookishoptimist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed this book more than expected.  A journey through the loss of a loved one with a unique twist.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Mental illness, Bullying, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman was cute, but not my favorite Backman book. I really liked the characters and the adventure, but I feel like the narration wasn’t quite right. Our main character felt both older and younger than she was, and while kids are obviously all over the place developmentally, it felt a little too inconsistent. I also felt like the fantasy world aspect, though believable, was a little confusing. It was a lot to remember throughout the book and while I liked the grand nature of it (since it matched the Grandmother’s personality) it made reading those moments a little difficult. I did like the way the fantasy world between Elsa and her grandmother extrapolated to the other members of their building to help piece together what it was Granny wanted Elsa to learn. I really liked the heart of the story, even though Elsa’s narration was a bit hard to follow. It really addressed the complexities of life and death and what it means to fall somewhere in between. Though different from Backman’s other novels stylistically, the “faith in humanity” messaging that I love so much in his writing was still present and forefront. Backman has a way of turning difficult topics into digestible stories, that I think speaks to his understanding of human nature. He’s certainly one of my favorite authors at this point, and I can’t wait for my next Backman read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, and Death

jlfaith21's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Such a great story about love, grief, friendship, community, and forgiveness. The writing was a little odd because it’s the POV of a seven year old, but I loved the ending and just learning about all of the characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Stalking, Bullying, and Grief

ridesthesun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Oh this was just gorgeous 🥺🥺 this narrative style is so well done; everything is tied together and only reveiled a layer at a time, but the reader is lead through the revelations so gently that it feels like you're living along with the characters, finding things out and making sense of the world right alongside Elsa. Community and hope and family and forgiveness 🥺

No one's all shit, and no one's all not-shit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Bullying, Stalking, and Addiction

Minor: Cancer and War

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A sweet and charming story of loss, friendship, imagination, trauma, and family. 

The last book I'd read by this author was "Beartown" and this one is wildly different, which speaks to his versatility.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Cancer, Pregnancy, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Spoiler

you don't get 5 stars if the dog dies