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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
A Man Called Ove meets Forrest Gump. If you liked either of those books, or movies such as Grumpy Old Men and Going Out in Style, you'll love this novel.
It's a cute idea for a story (most accurate book title ever) Allan turns 100 and decides to escape out of his window instead of going to his 100th birthday. He walks to the train station where he decides to steal a young man's suitcase, unaware the young man is part of a gang and the suitcase was full of cash. You can assume the rest pretty accurately. While this story is going on, we flash back to Allan's life and this is where it gets very Forrest Gump like.
The story is amusing/entertaining, but it wasn't as funny or captivating as I expected it to be. It was a "rental" movie at best.
I found myself bored and disinterested more than I was interested so I quit around 70% (I decided I wasn't going to be happier if I finished, and I didn't care if I didn't so... onto more books.) I found A Man Called Ove boring as well so perhaps crotchety old guys aren't a good subject matter for me.
It's a cute idea for a story (most accurate book title ever) Allan turns 100 and decides to escape out of his window instead of going to his 100th birthday. He walks to the train station where he decides to steal a young man's suitcase, unaware the young man is part of a gang and the suitcase was full of cash. You can assume the rest pretty accurately. While this story is going on, we flash back to Allan's life and this is where it gets very Forrest Gump like.
The story is amusing/entertaining, but it wasn't as funny or captivating as I expected it to be. It was a "rental" movie at best.
I found myself bored and disinterested more than I was interested so I quit around 70% (I decided I wasn't going to be happier if I finished, and I didn't care if I didn't so... onto more books.) I found A Man Called Ove boring as well so perhaps crotchety old guys aren't a good subject matter for me.