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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman
14 reviews
booksnest's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-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
4.0
This book is ultimately about grief and about how we deal with it and how we move on. Following a seven year old main character as she navigates this journey for the first time.
This writing is just lovely, so many relatable lines that offer hope and reflection to the reader. Credit to Henning Koch for doing such a brilliant job of maintaining the beauty of this book through the art of translation.
This book balanced a made up world with a very real and stark reality and showed how the two knit together in a way I felt was reminiscent of the film Big Fish, which was an aspect I really liked. Although I felt I was waiting for the plot to pick it’s direction for about half of the book, which made it quite slow going for me for quite a while. But once the pacing picked up, I couldn’t put this book down and found myself falling in love with all the characters, even the worse I started off strongly disliking.
A really beautiful story, with beautiful messages and a really unique and inspiring young lead.
This writing is just lovely, so many relatable lines that offer hope and reflection to the reader. Credit to Henning Koch for doing such a brilliant job of maintaining the beauty of this book through the art of translation.
This book balanced a made up world with a very real and stark reality and showed how the two knit together in a way I felt was reminiscent of the film Big Fish, which was an aspect I really liked. Although I felt I was waiting for the plot to pick it’s direction for about half of the book, which made it quite slow going for me for quite a while. But once the pacing picked up, I couldn’t put this book down and found myself falling in love with all the characters, even the worse I started off strongly disliking.
A really beautiful story, with beautiful messages and a really unique and inspiring young lead.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death and Cancer
Minor: Car accident
Trigger warnings that could be considered spoilers:grizzlysnack's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, and Car accident
_danika's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Violence, and War
drusilla_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, and Alcoholism
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