A review by beccasllibrary
My Friends by Fredrik Backman

5.0

Every page of this book is infused with bittersweet nostalgia for summer breaks with your childhood friends. Backman is able to capture the pain and joy of growing up and growing apart. Each character is distinct and lifelike and added slowly enough to give the reader time to learn each of them. Despite using a split timeline to tell two stories parallel to each other, I found both equally interesting and rarely was disappointed to find us returning to one over the other. The writing style is very introspective, spending paragraphs between each event with the internal reactions from the characters to said event before moving on, this may be offputting to some readers but I found it very enjoyable and these sections contained some of my favourite moments of the book. The perfect summer read that will make you laugh, cry, and call your childhood friends. Check trigger warnings.
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