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I really really really loved this novel. The story is funny and satiric and gripping and heart-wrenching. The narrator pushes the reader into empathy, cajoles you to reflect on your own anxieties and failings and crazy by telling you story of many very different people as they cope with life - both is an extraordinary circumstance and also in the mundane - which the narrator argues are really the same when you are just watching ordinary people. This novel deals in heavy truths - suicide, mental
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This was heartbreaking whimsy. It's my first Backman novel and I can tell it won't be my last. The story really highlights how people who don't know each other personally can still create lasting impact in each other's worlds. I think what Backman does best here is really paint a picture of what humanity looks like. There are a lot of characters and the time line flips back and forth between the hostage apartment showing and the investigation questioning of each hostage afterwards. Backman write
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I have become a huge fan of Backman. Yes, the books are a little formulaic. Yes, most of the characters start off unlikable. And yet I love his way of showing us the importance of understanding what makes people tick and highlighting the need we have for connection. His books are full of golden lines that seem so obvious and yet so brilliant. This book grabbed me at the beginning, dragged a little, but then sucked me in to the end all the warm fuzzies and a willingness to not mind that Backman d
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Alllllllright…. I’ll read every Backman book now. 😅
Was this book amazing? No.
Was this book enjoyable, quirky, thoughtful, endearing, and relatable? Yes.
Between a 3 & 4 but I really liked it. Yes I would recommend, just like his others. Backman hits another home run. Can’t wait to read his next novel.
Was this book amazing? No.
Was this book enjoyable, quirky, thoughtful, endearing, and relatable? Yes.
Between a 3 & 4 but I really liked it. Yes I would recommend, just like his others. Backman hits another home run. Can’t wait to read his next novel.
I started out not knowing what to think of this book. It seemed very pieced together at first, with so many different characters and their own stories. It came together nicely and I enjoyed this book very much.
Nov 11, 2020
Kate
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