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Und jeden Tag wird der Weg nach Hause länger und länger by Fredrik Backman
45 reviews
fullybookedlola's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a nice turn of reading instead of the normal stories I enjoy. It was sad and emotional, but good. I don't regret reading this, but as it is only 50 pages long, I don't have that much to say about it. The writing style was different, but still beautiful. It threw me off at first, but I liked it after. People who get older and are forgetful, will have mornings who make the way to home longer.
The last 13 pages of the book (total: 63) where about another story, but that was not really my thing. I couldn't connect, I couldn't understand. It was a preview for another, new, story. But this is all I have read from it and that's where it ends.
The last 13 pages of the book (total: 63) where about another story, but that was not really my thing. I couldn't connect, I couldn't understand. It was a preview for another, new, story. But this is all I have read from it and that's where it ends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Dementia, and Death
Moderate: Blood and Cursing
fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition
emotional
sad
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
"My memories are running away from me my love, like when you try to separate oil and water. I'm constantly reading a book with a missing page and it's always the most important one."
" You have never become ordinary to me my love, you are electric shocks and fire."
"I miss you unbearably."
"To get home, that's the road that's getting longer and longer every morning."
"You were my shortcut...Death isn't fair..
I miss all our most ordinary things...I miss you then, darling sleepy you. Miss you there. We lived an extraordinary ordinary life, an ordinarily extraordinary life."
"She was a force of nature. Everything I am came from her, she was my big bang."
"Are you scared you're going to forget her?
Very...
I'll tell you about her when you forget grandpa. First thing every morning. First of all, I'll tell you about her.
Grandpa squeezes his arm, 'Tell me that we danced Noah Noah. Tell me that that's what it is like to fall in love. Like you don't have room for yourself and your own feet.
I promise."
"It's an awful thing to miss someone that's still there."
"It's a never ending rage being mad at the universe."
"Your mother is waiting for us, I'm sure she is worried."
"A great brain can never be kept on earth."
Fredrick Backman 😭😭😭
The tears I've shed over this novella, my chest hurts.
I miss my grandpa!
" You have never become ordinary to me my love, you are electric shocks and fire."
"I miss you unbearably."
"To get home, that's the road that's getting longer and longer every morning."
"You were my shortcut...Death isn't fair..
I miss all our most ordinary things...I miss you then, darling sleepy you. Miss you there. We lived an extraordinary ordinary life, an ordinarily extraordinary life."
"She was a force of nature. Everything I am came from her, she was my big bang."
"Are you scared you're going to forget her?
Very...
I'll tell you about her when you forget grandpa. First thing every morning. First of all, I'll tell you about her.
Grandpa squeezes his arm, 'Tell me that we danced Noah Noah. Tell me that that's what it is like to fall in love. Like you don't have room for yourself and your own feet.
I promise."
"It's an awful thing to miss someone that's still there."
"It's a never ending rage being mad at the universe."
"Your mother is waiting for us, I'm sure she is worried."
"A great brain can never be kept on earth."
Fredrick Backman 😭😭😭
The tears I've shed over this novella, my chest hurts.
I miss my grandpa!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia, Death, and Grief
itsocchiolism's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Dementia
Moderate: Blood
amaie's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
kelly_e's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
Title: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary Fiction
Rating: 5.0
Pub Date: August 24 2015
T H R E E • W O R D S
Imaginative • Heartfelt • Human
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Grandpa is becoming increasingly forgetful, and he knows it. He wants to explain what is happening to his young grandson, Noah. And as he struggles to hold onto his most precious memories, his family learns how to care for him and grapples with facing the inevitable future.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Fredrik Backman does it again!
It's no secret Backman is a favourite author of mine, and this novella is an absolute treasure. At less than a 100 pages it accomplishes so much. It's pages are filled with a beautiful and profound message. Filled with themes of fear, regret, letting go, life, death, and the power of memory. And yet at its heart it's a book about love. It explores dementia, and the unbreakable bonds of father and son and grandfather and grandson in such a compassionate way.
Backman consistently evokes so much emotion, and his writing is so human and relatable that I just want to hug the book when I finish. I laughed, and of course, I cried. Even though it is short, I was just so invested and it's one of those books I Just want to share with everyone.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Fredrik Backman fans
• anyone with ageing parents
• readers who have been personally touched by dementia
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"I’m constantly reading a book with a missing page, and it’s always the most important one."
" 'I always knew who I was with you. You were my shortcut,' Grandpa confides.
'Even though I never had any sense of direction.' She laughs.
'Death isn't fair.'
'No, death is a slow drum. It counts every beat. We can't haggle with it for more time.'"
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary Fiction
Rating: 5.0
Pub Date: August 24 2015
T H R E E • W O R D S
Imaginative • Heartfelt • Human
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Grandpa is becoming increasingly forgetful, and he knows it. He wants to explain what is happening to his young grandson, Noah. And as he struggles to hold onto his most precious memories, his family learns how to care for him and grapples with facing the inevitable future.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Fredrik Backman does it again!
It's no secret Backman is a favourite author of mine, and this novella is an absolute treasure. At less than a 100 pages it accomplishes so much. It's pages are filled with a beautiful and profound message. Filled with themes of fear, regret, letting go, life, death, and the power of memory. And yet at its heart it's a book about love. It explores dementia, and the unbreakable bonds of father and son and grandfather and grandson in such a compassionate way.
Backman consistently evokes so much emotion, and his writing is so human and relatable that I just want to hug the book when I finish. I laughed, and of course, I cried. Even though it is short, I was just so invested and it's one of those books I Just want to share with everyone.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Fredrik Backman fans
• anyone with ageing parents
• readers who have been personally touched by dementia
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"I’m constantly reading a book with a missing page, and it’s always the most important one."
" 'I always knew who I was with you. You were my shortcut,' Grandpa confides.
'Even though I never had any sense of direction.' She laughs.
'Death isn't fair.'
'No, death is a slow drum. It counts every beat. We can't haggle with it for more time.'"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
enbyeliblue's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Dementia
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
starrysteph's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“It's an awful thing to miss someone who's still here.”
Very painful, very affecting, very human.
Backman has the skill to unfurl these beautiful, specific characters within the most narrow parameters. This is a haunting yet earnest tale, following a old man with a dementia diagnosis. He is losing his memories and struggling to hold onto the essence of himself ... but is supported by his family. Specifically framed is the relationship between the man and his young grandson.
The grandfather is written with care, the relationships are beautiful, and there is brilliant precision in the layering threads of floating memories that all comes together by the end.
Very painful, very affecting, very human.
Backman has the skill to unfurl these beautiful, specific characters within the most narrow parameters. This is a haunting yet earnest tale, following a old man with a dementia diagnosis. He is losing his memories and struggling to hold onto the essence of himself ... but is supported by his family. Specifically framed is the relationship between the man and his young grandson.
The grandfather is written with care, the relationships are beautiful, and there is brilliant precision in the layering threads of floating memories that all comes together by the end.
This is a clearly a personal story & a bit of a love letter - and I also think it would be a perfect piece to read with a young person with a grandparent or someone in their life affected by dementia who would be going through these exact pains.
CW: dementia, death, death of parent, grief, medical content, terminal illness
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Terminal illness
quills4days's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Dementia
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
Minor: Blood and Medical content
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This is one of my favorite pieces by Fredrik Backman. It’s so raw and real, and I loved every second.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Chronic illness
kayleeloray's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Dementia, and Death