Reviews - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Jonas Jonasson

3.66 AVERAGE

baruchbarnes's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

amy_in_alaska's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Swedish Forrest Gump, without the intellectual disability, and swap running for explosives. The story started off slow, but then it, and Allan, grew on me, and I liked it a lot more. Toward the end, though, it was just too much, and Allan's unwitting influence on world events became repetitive. You will either love or hate this one, and there's really no way to tell until you start.

henrismum's review

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Length: 12 hours, 2 minutes - long

Narrator: Steven Crossley - Good

Shelves: Series (New), FAH Reading Challenge (18. Book written by a Swedish author (or set in Sweden)

Met Expectations - Amusing. Like the description, a sort of Swedish Forrest Gump, but not compelling enough to read part two.

Exceeded Expectations
Below Expectations
Why did I make myself read this?

cphenly's review against another edition

3.0

This is one screwy book. It was not what I was expecting, but the author has a nice way of tying together all the pieces at the end. If you can stand a little light-hearted murder and a lot of revision of history, you might enjoy this book.

ekarptatham's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely a bit mixed feelings towards the 100 year old man. It was a bit difficult to get into this book at the beginning for me but found myself enjoying it a lot more towards the end. Possibly that the style just isn't quite my usual reading. Very whacky, out there and totally OTT in places (as it was designed to be) but found it came together after a while and definitely some funny, cute and endearing parts that I enjoyed. Definitely a lot of historical information mixed in with fiction that I found intriguing and the mixture of characters was well thought out and intertwined thoughtfully.