7.03k reviews for:

My Friends

Fredrik Backman

4.54 AVERAGE

abbyradmore's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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“It might sound like an unhappy ending, but only if you forget how many times during this story we've told you that someone laughed. How many really good now's is that?”

taylormaplewolfe's review against another edition

2.5

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

ssherm's review against another edition

2.5

funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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 Backmans writing in AMCO toes the right side of the -saccharine sweet / cloyingly sweet line- but this one falls FAR into the cloying side. This book feels like it was created from a bunch of quotes / overly wholesome sayings. After the first 1/3, the ‘plot’ and pacing fell apart and the repetition of the art quotes, friend quotes, life & love quotes got too much. This book was sickly sweet or cringy 95% of the time. The characters dont act like actual human beings, they are like the hallmark movie versions of people. 

kindcaroline's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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It was good, the story is told in a jumpy way, it was hard to know what to hold on to. But it was a nice story 

melissa975's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

parryc216's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

lainschreck's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

caitlin192's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kateeboyer's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

buzybee's review against another edition

5.0

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I really enjoyed “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman! This book reminds you that sometimes things aren’t always what they seem—when you look deeper, you may discover something completely different.

And the theme of friendship…There truly aren’t enough words to capture how important it is to have friends you love spending time with, who also have your back.

** Thank you NetGalley, Atria Books, and Fredrick Backman for an eARC copy of “My Friends”.