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l_is_4_laurie 's review for:
The Winners
by Fredrik Backman
Unfairly perhaps to Mr Bachman I was unaware that this was third in a series. Unfairly to me, Mr Bachman’s editor was MIA, and this book was too bloody long to hold my interest over long periods. And so many characters, I honestly couldn’t remember who was who! I loved “A Man Called Ove”. This had far too many plots and subplots and background stories (because there were too many people!). Every now and again I’d get swept into a narrative and then a new person would be introduced and spoil the flow. Grr. So weird. I don’t see anyone else complaining about this so I guess it’s just me. But at 700 pages/20 hours, it needed to be better.
Oh and sometimes he’d throw in something cryptic. “There’s a body”, or “There’s a gunshot”, or “something just boiled over on the stove”. Ok that last one is made up, but I found these silly hints of something yet revealed annoying. Once maybe. But multiple times and it felt like something he learned in writing class. And now look at the length of my review! I’m infected. Agh!!!
Usually I include a quote and I know there were a few I loved but he didn’t earn that effort from me.
Oh and sometimes he’d throw in something cryptic. “There’s a body”, or “There’s a gunshot”, or “something just boiled over on the stove”. Ok that last one is made up, but I found these silly hints of something yet revealed annoying. Once maybe. But multiple times and it felt like something he learned in writing class. And now look at the length of my review! I’m infected. Agh!!!
Usually I include a quote and I know there were a few I loved but he didn’t earn that effort from me.