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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
2024
I just love this audiobook. Parts of it get stuck in my head sometimes and I think a big part of it is the reader. I have already listened to it more than once this year, and it looks like I checked it out four times last year.
2023
Bumping this up to 5 stars now because after 4 years I came back to it again and still wanted to restart it when I got to the end.
2019
Another book that was a little bit uncomfortable in how much I could relate to it. I too have been told I am socially incompetent and have no sense of humor. I do not at all relate to her need to have things clean though. I was sad for her and hopeful for her and worried about her throughout this book. I have been feeling more and more invisible in my own life but I do not think a relocation to a small town is anywhere in my future :)
I just love this audiobook. Parts of it get stuck in my head sometimes and I think a big part of it is the reader. I have already listened to it more than once this year, and it looks like I checked it out four times last year.
2023
Bumping this up to 5 stars now because after 4 years I came back to it again and still wanted to restart it when I got to the end.
2019
Another book that was a little bit uncomfortable in how much I could relate to it. I too have been told I am socially incompetent and have no sense of humor. I do not at all relate to her need to have things clean though. I was sad for her and hopeful for her and worried about her throughout this book. I have been feeling more and more invisible in my own life but I do not think a relocation to a small town is anywhere in my future :)
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
medium-paced
I was wary at first . . . like Beartown . . . not sure I would enjoy the story, but Backman masterfully creates sympathetic characters out of a miasma of off-putting characteristics. I even found myself rooting for (a little bit) a complete jerk! That's a talented story-teller. Plus, I'm still not sure how the story ended! Bravo!
I cried. Even though I didn't love the characters, I identified with all of them, and, in the end, I cried. Thank you, Mr. Backman.
Another winner from Fredrik Backman with an ending I wasn't anticipating.
What a satisfying book. I love this author because your heart aches and fills up at the same time.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief
Minor: Death of parent