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

jenlem143's review against another edition

4.0

Wonderfully charming read. It was a nice adventure with Allan and the gang. Enjoyed it very much! Thanks for the recommendation Katy!

loveh01's review against another edition

5.0

This book was a delight.

wzrdgrl's review against another edition

4.0

I want to roadtrip Sweden with a ragtag group who recently came across a heap of cash!!!!!

magialuna's review against another edition

5.0

While there were many times I shook my head in disbelief at the old man's life story... it was still incredibly entertaining. The amount of trouble he gets up to with his new mates is reallly rather inspired and is not what you would expect at ALL. Highly entertaining and a good "cheer you up" book that has some ...creative history in it.

(You could learn some history, just take the bits that include the old man with a huge grain of salt. :) Fun book.

tobiaspankoke's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted

dewitnadine's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing

I really enjoyed this audiobook and I thought the narraters voice was absolutely great. Although, I must say that this concept has been executed better by, for example, Richard Osman. I think it also would have worked better as as a physical book for me bc I kept getting the name of the main character and the chief of police mixed up as they sounded quite similar. And the chapters often started with the year it was set in, but I always forget which year it was in the previous chapters so especially bc it was an audiobook, I felt a bit lost in the story sometimes. Also everyy character that is introduced has a backstory, which is so cool but again in audiobookform a bit much to keep track of for me. Also, it was originally published in 2009 and although I understand that the book is at times written from the perspective of the main character living in the early 19 hundreds, the blatant racism was completely unnecessary in my opinion, it did not add anything to the story except make me like it a whole lot less. I also didnt appreciate how every female character was described as either dumb, naief, passive or all three. Oh, I just remembered a scene where men want to rape an woman of high standing and kill her after, and although the main character doesnt partake, he does not condemn it either and that scene was not relevant at all for the storyline overall. I get a major ick when male authors write about raping women for no apparatus reason. Sometimes the wins the main character experienced also felt a bit too convenient. That being said, it is a very fun and relaxing read and I loved how the narrater pronounced all the Swedish places. How the authors’ casual tone of writing whilst shit constantly hit the fan also made me laugh. All in all: a bit of mixed feelings but mostly relaxing and enjoyable.

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