A Man Called Ove
Book • 2015 • Drama
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are animals abused?
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cardinalrule16
A cat is kicked by the main character and the same cat is also hurt by a side character's dog and is threatened by that side character as well. Main character sets up a system to electrocute a dog, but he takes it down before any harm comes to the dog
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Does a cat die?
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cardinalrule16
Ove and his wife's cat dies when it gets hit by a car
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Bodily Harm
Is there a hanging?
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StaleOrchid
One of Ove's multiple suicide attempts
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Family
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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ycats33
no v* in the movie
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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StaleOrchid
Ove's wife has/had cancer
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Mental Health
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Abbienormal
There are 5 separate suicide plans/attempts, some of which are detailed and the second one becomes a running joke through the book.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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StaleOrchid
Hard to tell due to the book being a translation, but Ove frequently calls a gay man "bent" which may have been a slur in the original Swedish text
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