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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

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piprigsby's review

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

definitely read trigger warnings before reading it, but I loved it so much oh my gosh.

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astrofeldy's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely brilliant. The funniest book about grief and lovable idiots you’ll ever read. I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t put it down. I wish I could forget it, just to experience the joy of reading it for the first time, again.

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llburnett94's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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mount_tbr's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.75

The first three quarters of the book was a solid 3 stars, but the way the ending tied up was enough to round it up. It may have been the translation I was having trouble with, but I found the writing style hard to enjoy and settle into a lot of the time. I kept thinking the book was over when it wasn’t. There was a lot that annoyed me, but looking back at all my highlights, there was apparently a lot I liked also.

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nahyaqina's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i have not read a book that made me cry big fat tears because of how heartwarming & heartfelt it was for a very long time. i did not expect that ending at all and also all the plot twists was mindblowing. and yet this book teaches us a lot about the ability to make mistakes and how it is completely okay. and the parts where those long couples get together at the end of the book… just makes my heart melt. its so touching this book. i love it fr. one of the best i’ve read

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meeklovestoread's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is not what I was expecting. In clever Backman fashion, he was able to turn a basic story into something much more nuanced with a lot of layers and depth. I always find it amazing how he finds a way to make all the stories connect. I feel like it's his writing that makes his books so if you're not a fan of his commentary style third-person writing you may not like this. I for one very much enjoy his writing so I found this very enjoyable. I really love the commentary that Backman adds through his characters about various different topics. There are always so many quotable lines in his books. I just relate to them so much. All in all, I really enjoyed this book, however, I feel like the last 15% was a bit underwhelming.

I know you have to suspend your disbelief when it comes to this story but I just couldn't do that when Jim (the dad cop) just let the bank robber go and lowkey aided and abetted in their escape. I get that we had to move the story along, but I was really hoping for a big twist on how the bank robber got away. Them just finding the key and leaving was just a bit anticlimactic to me. Also, I know there are themes of suicide in this book but I was expecting the ending to be sadder or hopeful. I felt like everything came together too neatly and too happily. Like Zara and Lennard came out of nowhere. I felt like they were unnecessary. And the bank robber being with her kids in the end felt too neat. I don't know; I feel like some stories should've ended a bit more tragically. To have everyone have a happy ending was a bit of a letdown.

Overall, again I still enjoyed this book and will most definitely be reading the rest of Fredrik's books.

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