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Bjørnstad

Fredrik Backman

4.37 AVERAGE

lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

Even though there are many characters in the book to keep track of, the author did a great job at making them feel like real human beings. I liked the writing style of switching between the different perspectives. The amount of foreshadowing felt a bit too much sometimes. And some parts were a bit too unrealistic to my taste. But all in all I really liked the book and look forward to part 2.

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional 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
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

Excellent story! Way too many cuss words for my taste. Almost didn’t finish it. I rushed through to see how it all ends.
dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow. Such a poignant, compelling and very relatable story about the human experience and the dichotomy of “right and wrong” that we deem horrible acts and their perpetrators in society. A really good depiction of the courage and bravery it takes for survivors of sexual assault to come forward. Looking forward to spending more time with these characters in the next few books