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4.39 AVERAGE

funny hopeful 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
dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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
emotional funny 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
emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

Overall, a fun, simple read. Couldn’t decide between 3 and 4 stars because it had some redeeming qualities but there were some times where the writing is just not great. And sometimes that poor writing sort of yanks you out of being immersed in the story and makes you remember someone wrote this and it feels a bit like you’re reading someone’s unedited first attempt at writing.

It’s a good story but it does get cheesy, or too “perfect” where yep the cat and him become grumpy friends. Or yep the people that move into Ove’s house are just an exact copy of Ove and Sonja.

Anyway, interested to see it as a movie but as a book, it wasn’t the worst wasn’t the best.
emotional funny hopeful reflective 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
emotional funny hopeful 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

I was finding it hard to read in the beginning because Ove just seemed so difficult. Then the writer's style is something different which I haven't come across before with many short sentences. Then as the book progressed and I realised that Ove is grieving, it all started to make sense. The process of grief defined here resonates with my experiences. I couldn't help but agree on Ove's reasons to why he stopped living but kept breathing. I finished the book and I really loved the ending. In the end I started to really like Ove. Overall it was a great book.
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Couldn’t stop crying.