6.98k reviews for:

My Friends

Fredrik Backman

4.54 AVERAGE

mckamy's review

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

lizzy2111's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: No

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Very slow start for me but it paid off in the end and I was glad I stuck with it.

kruegert's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

mirarosa's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!! It’s beautifully written and you just feel the love between the friends. 

nicole_w03's review against another edition

4.5

fast-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

caitala's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny reflective 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

caribbeansoul_00's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

yaelstrasberg's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

roobs_reads's review

2.0

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I wanted to like this so badly - I don’t think Fredrik Backman’s style works for me. I had a really hard time getting invested in the story and characters. So much potential in the plot, but fell short for me.

hobbitowl's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes