A review by raisinreads
My Friends by Fredrik Backman

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

The way that Fredrik Backman writes characters and relationships feels so special to me. I feel like he has an understanding of humanity that he is able to express so incredibly well in his writing & I rarely read other books where the characters feel so intensely human and real.

This might be my new favorite of his books, though I'm always partial to stories that highlight the importance of art and friendship, so I was absolutely the target audience for this. 

Also idk why this isn't marked as lgbtqia+ but one of the main characters is achillean, so if you're looking for more books with queer characters this fits that bill as well (though it isn't an excessive part of the plot, it still felt important to the story to me). Also, I believe at least one of the characters is strongly implied to be autistic.
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