Reviews with content warning for Cursing - A Man Called Ove

Damn, this is dark. Ove just wants to die after he lost his wife but for a reason, he's bad at it because of his neighbors.

It made me sad that he lost the love of his life and brought his heart with her when she passed.

Loneliness must have eaten him inside out. Good thing, he met new people around the community even though he's the most grumpy old man alive; people around him seemed to get his tough exterior.

It's like Ove complains a lot about other people's choices, decisions, and intelligence, but helps them anyway. I'm in my early 30s and I understood his annoyance because sometimes people younger or older than me are way different than I am.

This story is heartwarming, and sad, but funny at some points because of the community he is in.

I love that Parvaneh's kids considered him as their granddad, that's so sweet. He even gifted one of them a new iPad. So sweet❤️

Ove must have been happy to die and meet Sonja in the afterlife like what he wanted all along.

Even though he wanted to go; he touched people's lives before he did and that made this story worth reading.

It's as if he found a family before going to the love of his life. He must have a lot of stories for her.

Ove and Sonja's love story broke me😭

Now, I have to see the movie adaptation.🔥

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torismazarine's review

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dark 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? Yes

4.0

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chrisljm's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective relaxing sad 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

4.5

This book contained so much heart so it's not surprising to say that I cried in the end. While not a romance, it does contain the love story between Ove and his wife Sonja. The love he has for her is so sweet and so sad, because the book is also a story on grief and how Ove deals with losing the love of his life. It's about grief and loneliness, but also how friendship and community can be healing.

The relationships in this novel was truly the best part for me. I loved reading about Ove's newfound relationship with his neighbors, and slowly seeing the ones he had in the past. He is very much a grumpy old man where despite how much he tries to fight them, a friendship and community can't help but form between him and his neighbors. It's hilarious seeing him try to beef with children, but the way they bonded with each other tugged on my heart.

And when they called him granddad I felt my heart squeeze. As did the reveal on Jimmy's back story.

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magbeck2011's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was great! The main character is a curmudgeon, yet he’s lovable and so funny. Knowing that the topic of the book is such a heavy topic it was surprising to do so much laughing.

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