richmcintyre_jr 's review for:

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

3.0

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Backman's consistent references to Elsa's grandmother's fairytales throughout the novel creates an impediment to understanding what the author actually means to say. A well-meaning and sentimental story with a slow beginning that takes nearly three-hundred pages for the reader to figure out why s/he should be invested. Worth reading, only if you're willing to engage in floating through fantasy and reality.