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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Target Club Pick

Fredrik Backman, Fredrik Backman

4.12 AVERAGE

muliejazza's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a heartwarming tale that read almost like a Pixar movie to me. The characters were very three dimensional. My biggest gripe was the narrator of the audiobook whispers half this book and made it hard to hear while driving or running outside.

amybakerr's review against another edition

2.0

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Uhhhhhh I don’t really know. 

Throughout this whole book I was just confused. There are so many different characters, all in which are introduced at the same time. I found it hard to follow who was who. So when the “twist” of how the grandmother knew each character wasn’t as significant. 

I don’t even remember how this book ended or really anything about it (and I only read it a few weeks ago). I really hoped I would like this book, but clearly I did not. 

josan's review against another edition

4.0

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Had a good chuckle with this one.

mariaconlah's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

angie_dereada's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was definitely a cozy read, following Elsa on her journey of losing her grandmother in the way only a girl as smart as she is—maybe even too smart for her own good—could. I found myself laughing multiple times and loved seeing how one girl became the glue that held her people together, creating a community (or castle) where everyone cared for one another. I adore Backman’s writing, and this is yet another great read by him.

ekathrynk's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

soojin12548's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

eve_ward's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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What a touching, heartfelt story! I enjoyed this greatly. This struck a great balance of humour and emotion. And there were a great many emotions to be had and explored. I thought this dealt really well with grief and loneliness, I loved the exploration through not only Elsa but all of our side characters too. Let’s just say, that house was filled to the brim with trauma. And I did cry…multiple times. But it was pretty cathartic. 

thatrandomtoon's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 86%

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I just couldn't get into it😭 Try again in a few years!!

loyarzun's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes