7.74k reviews for:

My Friends

Fredrik Backman

4.53 AVERAGE

k_hruska88's review

5.0

hopeful reflective sad 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

kscall's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

yeuksee's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

lexithomas's review

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

sfv's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

k810miller's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

marylire's review

5.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

katie4489's review

2.0

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Good tidbits but overall I thought it was really unrealistic and saccharine.

morgantheereader's review against another edition

1.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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1.5 stars is generous but there are some good lines, the rest is contrived and saccharine. I can absolutely see why this resonated with so many with its discussions on grief and loss, it just felt so disjointed in its execution so that even though we spend a lot of time with the characters they still felt very surface-level.

As someone whose father is from a different country, I did love the line about accents disappearing being like "losing their inheritance". 

tianaalohilani's review

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated