7.24k reviews for:

My Friends

Fredrik Backman

4.54 AVERAGE

delafork's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

axz14's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dfenske's review against another edition

3.75

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His writing is always charming. None of his books are riveting but they’re a nice story

ajenny's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

kvanderbeek21's review against another edition

4.75

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Well that was just really lovely 🥺

mauragderr's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny 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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I love the characters and mini worlds that Backman creates in his stories. Perhaps my favorite part about his writing is all his creative metaphors and descriptive language 

juarezam's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

genaveve6's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tkpugreads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jhenry's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An emotional roller coaster, for sure. Beautifully heartbreaking story of kids growing up together through hard times, and how it affects some in adulthood. I loved the parallel stories being told, and the correlation between the past and the present.  

Louisa, as a character, was just so fantastic- she brought just the right amount of levity to a very heavy read!