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This book is a quick, easy read for a pleasant weekend. I enjoyed reading it, and am looking forward to the Tom Hanks movie that is in the works for this book. I felt that the author had a unique approach to his book in that he jumped back and forth across time quite a bit, telling the reader a bit about the present, and then explaining a bit about the past. (I can’t wait to see how they adapt this to a movie...????). In this way, the reader is slowly able to understand the “backstory” of Ove, and understand why he behaves in the way he does. As another reviewer mentioned, there is sort of an underlying current that Ove is probably somewhere on the spectrum of Autism, but the book does not specifically point this out. However, his background probably influences the behavior to some extent, too. The translation is very well done, and as someone else already mentioned, the humor is very well preserved across the languages. You could almost imagine it happened in America, except that the money is in “kronor”.

A few less than positive comments, although not enough to dock more than one star. First, there is a lot of cursing in the book, although half of it is basically British cursing, and quite a lot of it adds to the humor. It didn’t really bother me, but just keep it in mind if you have a child that wants to read it and you are particular about language. There is no sex or anything like that. Also, I felt that some of the characters were overly stereotypical, and some not necessarily vital to the plot. I would say maybe a modern social issue or two were injected into the story that maybe could have been left out to avoid a controversy. However, it was not overbearing. I also felt like a violent event near the end of the book was a bit sudden, to the point of not really going along with the general feel of the book. Like...”Where did THAT come from???” I almost felt like the author possibly took a break after writing 3/4 of the book and then came back to finish, because the general feel of the book, to me, changed slightly near the end, and I felt like the coherence of the story struggled at that point.

Overall, however, the book was fun to read and was a neat mixture of comical and sad/serious. It gave a good message about giving people a chance to get to know them before judging them, and also that you never know what someone has gone through in their past.

I do think it will make a fantastic Tom Hanks movie. I could almost visualize him in some of the scenes. :-)


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A Man Called Ove A Novel Fredrik Backman Books Reviews

In case you’re one of those few who haven’t heard about this book, here’s what it’s about in a nutshell a curmudgeonly old man is prevented from killing himself multiple times by neighbors who are needy and people to refuse to obey the sign that restricts parking in the residential area of his small neighborhood. It’s like the movie Up, only with more people that are adults, and more character. Take this paragraph for example

"For more than fifteen minutes he stood waiting for her at the station in his tight-fitting suit and his new-polished shoes. He was skeptical about people who came late. 'If you can’t depend on someone being on time, you shouldn’t trust ’em with anything more important either,' he used to mutter when people came dribbling along with their time cards three or four minutes late, as if this didn’t matter. As if the railway line would just lie there waiting for them in the morning and not have something to do."

Every sentence in this book is imbued with characterization and style; every word is a brushstroke in the painting of Ove as not only a curmudgeon, but an (spoiler alert!) orphan, a loving husband to a wife who was paralyzed and rendered infertile by a drunk driver, a principled man, a hard worker, a dedicated Saab driver, and one of those loyal-to-the-death-but-you-wouldn’t-know-it-to-talk-to-him kind of people.

And, unlike most adult-genre books, especially ones about old people, there is something interesting or amusing or soulful on almost every page. The pacing and plot weaving are impeccable. It’s truly a treasure to read.
I honestly didn't go into this book expecting to like it as much as I did. I have trouble with books where the main character is not someone I particularly like. But, I gave this one a shot. I was pleasantly surprised. I couldn't help but like the curmudgeon. It's not a deep-thinking book. It's there for entertainment, to make you 'feel' emotions, to transport you to another place and another life. Therefore, I give the book five stars for being exactly what it claims to be--a story about one man and the circle of friends that he makes despite his grouchy personality. I liked the backstory with the wife (even though I thought the author went too far with the tragedy heaped onto this always-optimistic woman). I bought the audio book to listen when I couldn't read and the narrator was flawless. I've heard some pretty bad narrators lately from best-selling books (Miss Peregrine's for example), but this audio book was very well done. I have one gigantic bone to pick with the author. 59 years old is not 89 years old. Fifty-nine years old is when most people are in the apex of careers--before retirement and also having a lot of knowledge and experience to help them in their career fields. The 50-somethings in my office know what an iPad is, how to use computers, have the latest cell phones, and are pretty up on all the new tech gadgets because they are the ones that can afford them! There was no reason why the author couldn't make this a lot more believable by making the main character 79 or older. There was nothing to prevent the backstory being set further back. The whole time I was reading, I had to make myself forget the character was supposed to be 59. For godsakes, the President of the United States is 56!! I wonder why the author chose such a relatively young main character to act like my grandfather would. But, if you can overlook that weird decision, the rest of the story is very well done and very entertaining.
My sister and I listened to this book from Audible and I am now reading his other book. Such a sweet, well written story of despair and hope.Having just lost a husband less than a year ago, I can certainly relate to his sorrow and feelings of worthlessness - being old and useless. What a blessing this book as been to me.
This book is a quick, easy read for a pleasant weekend. I enjoyed reading it, and am looking forward to the Tom Hanks movie that is in the works for this book. I felt that the author had a unique approach to his book in that he jumped back and forth across time quite a bit, telling the reader a bit about the present, and then explaining a bit about the past. (I can’t wait to see how they adapt this to a movie...????). In this way, the reader is slowly able to understand the “backstory” of Ove, and understand why he behaves in the way he does. As another reviewer mentioned, there is sort of an underlying current that Ove is probably somewhere on the spectrum of Autism, but the book does not specifically point this out. However, his background probably influences the behavior to some extent, too. The translation is very well done, and as someone else already mentioned, the humor is very well preserved across the languages. You could almost imagine it happened in America, except that the money is in “kronor”.

A few less than positive comments, although not enough to dock more than one star. First, there is a lot of cursing in the book, although half of it is basically British cursing, and quite a lot of it adds to the humor. It didn’t really bother me, but just keep it in mind if you have a child that wants to read it and you are particular about language. There is no sex or anything like that. Also, I felt that some of the characters were overly stereotypical, and some not necessarily vital to the plot. I would say maybe a modern social issue or two were injected into the story that maybe could have been left out to avoid a controversy. However, it was not overbearing. I also felt like a violent event near the end of the book was a bit sudden, to the point of not really going along with the general feel of the book. Like...”Where did THAT come from???” I almost felt like the author possibly took a break after writing 3/4 of the book and then came back to finish, because the general feel of the book, to me, changed slightly near the end, and I felt like the coherence of the story struggled at that point.

Overall, however, the book was fun to read and was a neat mixture of comical and sad/serious. It gave a good message about giving people a chance to get to know them before judging them, and also that you never know what someone has gone through in their past.

I do think it will make a fantastic Tom Hanks movie. I could almost visualize him in some of the scenes. -)