A Man Called Ove: A Novel
In this New York Times bestselling “charming debut” (People)—soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks—from one of Sweden’s most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
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So this book was rather slow going for me for a majority of the read. However, the ending takes it from a 2.5/3 to a 4 star book in a heartbeat
Beautiful book overall . In some parts of the books I felt like giving Ove a 🫂. Can make you cry too. So yeah.
I wish I started reading this earlier. Why did I wait so many years to read it? It was fantastic, and I'm glad it's the first book I completed this year.
Ove is, to put it simply, a grumpy old man. He's always going around arguing with people, being mean to cats and just about everybody in the neighbourhood, until a young family moved in next door. Instead of feeling terribly irritated by Ove's personality and attitude, I actually found myself having a lot of fun. I chuckled at the effortlessly written humour. Gradually, I began to grew fond of Ove. He isn't entirely mean, per se. There's so much more to this man. His past is also included within, and it was amazing learning about how he grew up to be how he was. It actually made me wonder how my grandparents grew to become how they are.
I love this because it invoked so much emotion in me. Laughter. Tears. It did feel a little difficult to start though, because there were just so many words and too little things going on, but after a certain point, my interest in this book grew. I can't wait to start reading other books by Fredrik Backman.
Ove is, to put it simply, a grumpy old man. He's always going around arguing with people, being mean to cats and just about everybody in the neighbourhood, until a young family moved in next door. Instead of feeling terribly irritated by Ove's personality and attitude, I actually found myself having a lot of fun. I chuckled at the effortlessly written humour. Gradually, I began to grew fond of Ove. He isn't entirely mean, per se. There's so much more to this man. His past is also included within, and it was amazing learning about how he grew up to be how he was. It actually made me wonder how my grandparents grew to become how they are.
I love this because it invoked so much emotion in me. Laughter. Tears. It did feel a little difficult to start though, because there were just so many words and too little things going on, but after a certain point, my interest in this book grew. I can't wait to start reading other books by Fredrik Backman.
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