A Man Called Ove in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jul 24, 2017 Cathie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fiction, humor, grief, 1001-5star-books-botm, sweden, swedish-authors, 2017-reads, 2017-favourites, readers-tops

I loved this read!! One of the best books I have read in the last 5 years, and destined to be one of my all time favourites.

I love stories that give character studies of the reasons why a person is the way they are. This was such a funny, heartwarming, yet sad tale about grief, loss, suicide and how the world just won't let Ove get on with it. It's the tale of how Ove became the principled man he was (along with being a cantankerous king grump).

I would highly recommend this book to everyone! If ...more

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Feb 18, 2016 Linda C rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: european, contemporary-fiction, favorites, top-15-for-last-15-years

Ove seems like a bitter curmudgeon, stuck in a routine existence, inflexible and angry. But under this facade is a lonely man who finds it hard to communicate; who only dealt with the world with the aid of his wife until she passed away. Now he is lost. Until one November when a young family moves in next door and gets his attention by backing their U-haul into his house and then knocking down his mailbox. His routine is broken by them and then a stray cat, an overweight computer nerd neighbor a ...more

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Oct 29, 2018 Nina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book was so much more than I expected!
It was just so hilarious most of the times, but still had some deeper parts. It is definitly more than just a funny little story.
And I think that Ove might be one of my most loved characters of all times! He is just the best (and I often had to agree with him) and I wish he would be my neighbour.

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Jul 31, 2017 Daniel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: to-be-continued

I read this book about 3 months ago but somehow never made it off my To Be Continued shelf and onto my Currently reading shelf. This is a book with such wonderful characters, each complex in their own way. And, Ove might be one of my favorite literary characters ever. It's touching, sweet and will punch you right in the feels and, if you're lucky, give a new perspective on how we can be a great influence on the lives of others by simple acts of kindness. ...more

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