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btodd12 's review for:
My Friends
by Fredrik Backman
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Backman rips my heart out again. As always, My Friends is less about the plot and more about the human experience. It’s about teens developing inseparable friendships and creating their own “found family” when their biological families cause pain no child should have to endure. It’s about art & the ability of art to transcend generations and cultures. It’s about grief and loss, but also about the universal hope for a happy ending and the way laughter can bind us together.
While Louisa will rightfully pull most readers’ heartstrings, Ted is the character who lives rent-free in my mind. The very definition of a loyal friend. A role model for men everywhere. And the selflessness of the Artist, mirroring the selflessness his friends showed him 25 years ago…wow.
I laughed, I cried, I felt the full range of human emotions. Perhaps my favorite book of the year, and certainly one that will come to mind any time I reflect on the friendships I am lucky enough to have in my own life.
While Louisa will rightfully pull most readers’ heartstrings, Ted is the character who lives rent-free in my mind. The very definition of a loyal friend. A role model for men everywhere. And the selflessness of the Artist, mirroring the selflessness his friends showed him 25 years ago…wow.
I laughed, I cried, I felt the full range of human emotions. Perhaps my favorite book of the year, and certainly one that will come to mind any time I reflect on the friendships I am lucky enough to have in my own life.