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What a delightful book! Ove is a curmudgeon through and through, and all of us (at least over a certain age) can identify with his grumbles and gripes and irritations. I enjoyed seeing Ove unbend and open up in spite of himself. Cried at the end, and was glad I wasn't reading it in public.
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My teenage son gave me this book for Christmas, not knowing it had been on my to-read list forever. He said he just thought I would like it. Apparently he knows good literature better than I thought he did. Maybe I did something right as a mother after all. I loved this book even more than I thought I would, which is saying something. You know how you get these expectations in your head based on friends' recommendations and Goodreads reviews? And then you end up being let down when you actually
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One of those rare experiences where I couldn't put the book down and didn't want it to end. Wisdom, humor, sorrow, and surprise. It provides a compelling look at aging and loneliness. It provides an incidental insight into the intrusive bureaucracy that arises from a socialistic government. This is an exquisite piece.
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Though it was the story of an old cantankerous man with a spirit supposedly as cold as a Swedish winter, it turned out to be a tender tale about people I was happy to meet. Most important, it has become one of the favorite love-stories in my library.
I really liked this story, it had humor but it was so endearing. The author is a magnificent story teller and slowly builds such a great little story and I ended it, loving everything about it.
I have heard people rave about this book, so I was excited to read it. While I liked the book, I couldn't get over the overtly curmudgeoness of Ove. I think maybe if I had listened to the book, like some of my friends recommended, I would have liked it more. It ends up being a feel-good book, but not until the very end. There were really great characters though, all very well placed and portrayed.
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This was a wonderful book. It was funny in an old man quirky way; it was also sentimental. You fall in love with Ove and just want everyone to take the time to get to know him.
I’m not sure why I waited so long to read this book, but I will definitely be reading more of Fredrik Backman’s writings.
I’m not sure why I waited so long to read this book, but I will definitely be reading more of Fredrik Backman’s writings.
I didn’t like this book for a good hundred pages. It felt so negative to me and I really didn’t appreciate all the language. However I kept reading and really liked the end. It turned out to be such a sweet story!
Had started this years ago but never finished after I found out the ending. Started over and thoroughly enjoyed it again this time through.
Ove has easily become one of my favorite literary characters ever. So charming and delightful.
PRONOUNCED “Ooo-Vuh”. There, now you know so you can stop mispronouncing it! 😂 Don’t worry, I started by reading it on my own, then switched to the audiobook to find I’d been mispronouncing his name the entire first half of the book. 🙄🤪
This book gave me all the feels. Many “awe” moments of just pure tenderness toward Ove, who is just very misunderstood. The way he interacts with the cat, The “Foreigner”, the “bender”, and his wife are just so fascinating. This grumpy curmudgeon man- was lonely. ...more
This book gave me all the feels. Many “awe” moments of just pure tenderness toward Ove, who is just very misunderstood. The way he interacts with the cat, The “Foreigner”, the “bender”, and his wife are just so fascinating. This grumpy curmudgeon man- was lonely. ...more
Dec 05, 2016
Dia
marked it as to-read
Jan 09, 2017
Kelley
marked it as to-read
Jul 08, 2017
Kristi
marked it as to-read
