A Man Called Ove in Crazy Challenge Connection

May 31, 2017 Jim Townsend rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What a great book! Hilerical, which is a cross between "hilarious" and "hysterical", and it makes you feel good, too. Grumpy old man misses his wife so much that he tries to join her, but he gets so mad at his neighbors' incompetencies that he can't quite kill himself. The community discovers as the story moves along that Ove isn't such a bad guy. There are many laugh-out-loud moments in this book that was translated from the original Swedish and takes place in that country "with a climate simil ...more

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Nov 01, 2014 Joanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, 5-star, ugly-cry

I laughed, I cried, I loved this book.

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Jan 13, 2018 Sam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, books-of-2018, ammp-fairytales

I came very, very close to abandoning this book around the 100 page mark. It was slow, and Ove's cantankerous personality was starting to grate. But a friend told me to push through, so I did and wow, am I glad I did! What a wonderful book!

While it did take a while for Ove to grow on me, by the end of the novel, I found myself so invested in his life and his past that I couldn't help tearing up nearly every other chapter. The chapters about his relationship with his wife are especially beautifu ...more

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Nov 08, 2014 Teddie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, bwormbitches

This book has so many lovely, touching, humorous, wise moments - simply great.

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Jun 27, 2021 Connie N. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recommended, relationships, chick-lit, cat-on-cover

Loved it! As with the other Backman book I've read, he creates a character at the beginning that you get to know. And this character slowly begins to be affected by those around him, whether or not they want to be. We share in the gradual growth of this person, rooting for their happiness. In this case, we meet Ove--a grouchy old guy who has recently been laid off from his job and finds himself lonely and with nothing to do, so he's decided to kill himself. Unfortunately (?), people keep interru ...more

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Feb 13, 2015 Rusty rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, humor

After hearing so much about this book I was delighted to have it put into my hands by a librarian friend. Needless to say, I was not as excited about the read as so many others. Yes, it's funny. Yes, it's good. Yes, it's sad but in a lifelike way. And, yes, the author writes well but I enjoyed his second book more. This may be because when I read books by the same author back to back I find that my opinion of one is less. Perhaps that's why I like to read books in a series spread apart and do no ...more

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