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Absolutely loved it.
I laughed and cried and loved OVE on each single page of this books.
He has a big heart, yes he has a big heart. He seems arrogant and selfish but he is made of pure gold. He gets angry easily because people can't be reasoned with and then he engages with them despite his dislike of them.
He recently lost his wife, the only color in his black and white world, the only person he loved. So he woke up to end his life and join his beloved wife, but there is always a situation whe ...more
I laughed and cried and loved OVE on each single page of this books.
He has a big heart, yes he has a big heart. He seems arrogant and selfish but he is made of pure gold. He gets angry easily because people can't be reasoned with and then he engages with them despite his dislike of them.
He recently lost his wife, the only color in his black and white world, the only person he loved. So he woke up to end his life and join his beloved wife, but there is always a situation whe ...more
I don't know when Fredrik Backman met the men in my family, but he had to have met my grandfather and my father at some point in order to portray them so well. Now, granted, A MAN CALLED OVE is dealing with a 59 year old man who has lived a full life and now is ready to take steps to move on to... the next step - and that's not something I see my father doing any time soon, but the rest of it? Spot. on.
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Read the rest of this review at The Lost Entwife on July 15, 2014. ...more
I started this not knowing much about it. I was a little dismayed to learn the reader was "The Yeti" on Friends, because I figured I'd picture that character the whole time. The story was so great, and my initial impression of George Newbern's performance was so wrong... He was a PHENOMENAL reader!
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Nothing here that is unexpected. A story about a mean old man who, of course, is not mean. He's just a man with a history, like any other man. But, the story is told well, with humor and tears. It's nearly impossible to dislike difficult Ove, and a good reminder to look past the surface of people who are different than yourself.
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Tender and poignantly funny. A great book group read.
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