jmakin 's review for:

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A quiet masterpiece. Endlessly charming, funny, hopeful, sweet, and lightly sprinkled with those classic backman tragedies that rip your heart right out. Every character leaps off the page and most of them you end up wishing you could hug. If you liked the Bear Town series - this is another story that revolves around a small town obsessed with a sport that keeps it together and moving forward - but don’t skip it even if you don’t like sports. It’s not a sports story. It’s a human story.