Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

63 reviews

nndang's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The plot/ premise sounded like the most boring, unintriguing thing in the world. SO HOW DID I GET SO EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED IN THIS BOOK AND THIS FICTIONAL SMALL TOWN?? I logically wanted to hate all the characters in this book and theyve all done things that would make it easy for anyone to hate them (or at the very least be annoyed with them) but the way Backman writes and develops all of his characters with such complexity and care is heartwrenching. Looooovvveeee this book.

So many trigger warnings tho*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

ckallison's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely perfect book ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

vanesst's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

shopwood's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Grief

paulameenas_reads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

jkohls's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I felt like it was very slow at first but once i was hooked i really started to like the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Vomit

ohnoohkei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism

m_harbaugh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Self harm, Xenophobia, Blood, and Outing

namenotimportant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

5.0

"She wonders what it would take for a woman to be the right kind of guy."
"Their coach teaches them to go hard into close combat on the ice. No one stops to think about how to switch that attitude off when they leave the locker room. It's easier to pin the blame on her: She's too young. Too attractive. Too easily offended. Too difficult to respect."
"Why Maya's word wasn't enough."

An infuriating book about loyalty and integrity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, and Blood

skeletoncloset's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail