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I know, I know. I'm definitely the minority here. I wanted to love this, because I so loved the first book I read by Backman (A Man Called Ove). And I feel like I should have loved it - I love kids, I love reading/stories, I love seniors. But this book just had too much going on for me, and the story-within-a-story was just distracting and caused the book to drag for me. And while I loved several characters (I adored Granny), and appreciated some beautiful character development, others just didn
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I was honestly surprised by how good A Man Named Ove was, which left me more than ready for this one. As before I was skeptical, but just like before Blackman weaves this world and people that you can't help but love. Combined with a vivacious almost-eight-year-old that reminds me of myself and a creative bit of sweet words, the cathartic cry I had at they end was inevitable.
I love that idea that people are shits sometimes but there's always a reason for it. And most people can avoid being shit ...more
I love that idea that people are shits sometimes but there's always a reason for it. And most people can avoid being shit ...more
I enjoyed this book and its quirky characters.
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