natalexx 's review for:

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
3.0

On the spectrum of what I like to call the "quirky loner" niche, this book ranks at the bottom.

My abbreviated ranking goes something like this:

Man Called Ove
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Britt-Marie was Here

The appeal of this genre, for me, is characters who don't quite fit into society but find a way to be loved anyway ("The Rosie Project" is another good example that came a little before this recent explosion in popularity). But I found that Backman's book is more interested in quirky circumstances and surprise twists. YMMV.