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A review by minibabble
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
- Pretty funny book about humanity and anxieties about life
- Highlights the pressures of trying to be the best parent/partner/person and taking care of people we love
- How far will we go to protect our loved ones?
- I loved Zara's character and ark. She's an old successful banker, but something is haunting her past.
- Roger is funny. Learning more about his relationship with Anna Lena is where Backman's humanistic writing shines
- Sweet, realistic, authentic father/son (cop and younger cop) relationship
- Loved the casual WLW relationship representation, and lack of "commodifying" their relationship. In other words, their relationship is just like any other couple and is not treated in a excess special light that pink washes the novel.
Funny, but not as funny as A Man Called Ove. As always, Backman's messaging and style of writing about humanity is fantastic. All the characters feel very human. He did a great job subtly weaving each character's background with another, and how past experiences inform and affect a character's current decision or logic. Parts of the book were a bit slower than the others, but the book was still paced relatively well. Perhaps I don't really relate to all of it because I'm not the most anxious person nor struggle with