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

Fredrik Backman, Fredrik Backman

4.12 AVERAGE

alicemaryblanks14's review against another edition

4.5

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bri_13's review against another edition

3.0

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

annamontana's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

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I was not ready for this book. Fredrik Backman is such a wonderful story teller and this story has it all. Else has been told fairy tales by her grandmother for years. Now that her grandmother has died, Else was given the task of delivering letters to all her neighbors. Through this Else discovers many of the inspiration for many of the fairytale characters along with discovering her granny and mother and even herself.
I laughed. I cried. Amazing book.

this_is_imre's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated

kirstinelaursen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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

mozzy456's review against another edition

3.0

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I struggled through the first half of this book. The constant jump from what was actually happening to Elsa's fairytales made the pace seem slow and it annoyed me. The last third of this book saved it though - Everything connected beautifully and I do think it was a very sweet story. Just wasn't my favourite of his.

Spoiler

You also lose a star for killing the wurse. How dare you.

kamichel's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

teddybo's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

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Had a hard time getting into the perspective of the protagonist because it just didn’t feel like a 7 year old. Also, anything with

graphic dog death

isn’t really for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

juta9's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

suespiry's review against another edition

5.0

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❤️ Amazing. I loved Backman's Ove and Britt-Marie, and really liked Beartown, but if you haven't read any of them yet, start here. Magical. He develops memorable characters that you miss as soon as the story ends. Can't wait for more!