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7.95k reviews for:
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Target Club Pick
Fredrik Backman, Fredrik Backman
4.12 AVERAGE
7.95k reviews for:
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Target Club Pick
Fredrik Backman, Fredrik Backman
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Я рідко плачу над книгами.Але ця історія...
Я незнаю як в Бакмана виходить писати такі різні книги.Одні викликають відразу,а інші такі прекрасні,як ця.
Це казка.Неймовірно сумна,фантастична і затишна.Вона про життя,надзвичайно складне та несправедливе.Про втрату найближчих.Про любов.Про світло та темряву у житті кожного.
Я незнаю як в Бакмана виходить писати такі різні книги.Одні викликають відразу,а інші такі прекрасні,як ця.
Це казка.Неймовірно сумна,фантастична і затишна.Вона про життя,надзвичайно складне та несправедливе.Про втрату найближчих.Про любов.Про світло та темряву у житті кожного.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Love books? Were you ever a lonely little girl, or were you wise beyond your years? Did you long for a superhero who could help you out when you were 7 going on 8?
Do you have an imagination and do you like to use it? Do you enjoy books that can bring you from tears of laughter to tears of grief in a matter of a few paragraphs?
Read this book at once.
Do you have an imagination and do you like to use it? Do you enjoy books that can bring you from tears of laughter to tears of grief in a matter of a few paragraphs?
Read this book at once.
Incredibly original, funny, and heartwarming. And reminded me of all the reasons I love my grandma, however imperfect:)
∆ I could have finished this in a day. But I really wanted to take my time with it because it was the treat of my day.
∆ It's beautifully written. I'm not sure if it's Mr. Backman, himself, or the translator. But the novel incorporates so very simple language that is so deep. This simplicity adds a sense of deepness to the novel and the sentences. Everything, language-wise, made the novel seem very realistic, and whimsical at the same time. Backman transfers you into the world he has built and you feel like you're living in it as well, or at least like you're in a 3D movie.
∆ How beautiful! The characters are so vivid and so real that you feel they are all your neighbors, or that you've met them at a certain point in life.
∆ The depiction of Elsa's grief over the loss of Elsa's granny is so so so real that it was actually the same way I felt when my granny died. I was sad, so sad, but angry at her all at the same time. I couldn't believe she left me alone, especially that she practically raised me up. And I lived with my granny much longer than Elsa did with hers. So, I do understand everything Elsa was going through. And it made it so real.
∆ There is no other author who manages to draw a relationship between a kid and his grandparent like Mr. Backman. The relationship is so real that I actually identified with so many parts of it because I, too, had such a relationship with my own granny. No secret languages, of course
∆ It's beautifully written. I'm not sure if it's Mr. Backman, himself, or the translator. But the novel incorporates so very simple language that is so deep. This simplicity adds a sense of deepness to the novel and the sentences. Everything, language-wise, made the novel seem very realistic, and whimsical at the same time. Backman transfers you into the world he has built and you feel like you're living in it as well, or at least like you're in a 3D movie.
∆ How beautiful! The characters are so vivid and so real that you feel they are all your neighbors, or that you've met them at a certain point in life.
∆ The depiction of Elsa's grief over the loss of Elsa's granny is so so so real that it was actually the same way I felt when my granny died. I was sad, so sad, but angry at her all at the same time. I couldn't believe she left me alone, especially that she practically raised me up. And I lived with my granny much longer than Elsa did with hers. So, I do understand everything Elsa was going through. And it made it so real.
∆ There is no other author who manages to draw a relationship between a kid and his grandparent like Mr. Backman. The relationship is so real that I actually identified with so many parts of it because I, too, had such a relationship with my own granny. No secret languages, of course
emotional
reflective
medium-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