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stephanie_willis's review against another edition
4.0
“So it’s without superpowers that you come home from the hospital with your newborn child and feel utterly abandoned and terrified. You look at the hospital staff as they discharge you from the maternity ward like they’re leaving you to die in the desert. Like they’re refusing to open the door to that village of survivors at the end of I Am Legend and just letting the zombies catch up to you.”
This was such a fun, lighthearted feel good book. It wasn’t much of a story, but rather Fredrik Backman’s thoughts about life and parenthood written for his son. And if you have read any of his other books, you know he is fun and quirky.
I definitely laughed and cried and just enjoyed the feel good read!
This was such a fun, lighthearted feel good book. It wasn’t much of a story, but rather Fredrik Backman’s thoughts about life and parenthood written for his son. And if you have read any of his other books, you know he is fun and quirky.
I definitely laughed and cried and just enjoyed the feel good read!
ponch22's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up Things My Son Needs to Know about the World on impulse after seeing it on a Father’s Day end cap at my library last month because I’ve enjoyed/loved the other four novels of Fredrik Backman that I’ve read so far.
This collection of essays has Backman’s clever turns of phrases & plenty of self-deprecating humor (courtesy of translator Alice Menzies): “She smiled the way salesclerks tend to smile when I tell a great story and they don’t want to be rude.” (188) with several 1- or 2-page mini-essays between each one.
It's a super-fast read and made me chuckle several times, but I still prefer Backman's novels like Beartown, its sequel, Us Against You, and Anxious People (all translated by Neil Smith). But, I don't think I've ever read any another book that made me want to watch old Undertaker and Kane matches, so there's that.
This collection of essays has Backman’s clever turns of phrases & plenty of self-deprecating humor (courtesy of translator Alice Menzies): “She smiled the way salesclerks tend to smile when I tell a great story and they don’t want to be rude.” (188) with several 1- or 2-page mini-essays between each one.
It's a super-fast read and made me chuckle several times, but I still prefer Backman's novels like Beartown, its sequel, Us Against You, and Anxious People (all translated by Neil Smith). But, I don't think I've ever read any another book that made me want to watch old Undertaker and Kane matches, so there's that.
librariansrule's review against another edition
5.0
Oodles of delight and glee with hints of bittersweet heartache and drop-to-the-knees poignancy.
loar's review against another edition
4.0
Budeš spílat chybějícím šroubkům, řezat se o přečnívající překližkové desky a přísahat si, že zasvětíš svůj život tomu, abys našel a zabil autora kresleného návodu ke „komodě Malm“, kde vystupuje ten tlusťoch kreslený jednou čárou, co vypadá jako těžký závislák na krabicovém vínu.
labunnywtf's review against another edition
4.0
You spit on the napkin.
Then you wipe the child's face with the napkin. You don't spit straight onto the child.
My bad.
This is the sweetest, funniest book about being a parent I've ever read. It's my first Backman book, and I completely understand why he's such a beloved author, if this is his style.
Funny, poignant, and painfully relatable, this is absolutely fun and should be mandatory reading for any new parent.
Then you wipe the child's face with the napkin. You don't spit straight onto the child.
My bad.
This is the sweetest, funniest book about being a parent I've ever read. It's my first Backman book, and I completely understand why he's such a beloved author, if this is his style.
Funny, poignant, and painfully relatable, this is absolutely fun and should be mandatory reading for any new parent.
shariolar's review against another edition
4.0
Hilarious and oh so relatable for people married with kids. Or if you have an intense but also silly husband.
I loved reading another side of Backman than what you usually get in his fictional stories.
And that last chapter was one of the most adorable things I have read in a while.
I loved reading another side of Backman than what you usually get in his fictional stories.
And that last chapter was one of the most adorable things I have read in a while.