Hi everyone
Because this has been turned into a movie, I've been seeing this book and the movie everywhere.
I finally decided to read it, so here's my review.
"At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the
grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots
- neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop
assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup
d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents' Association. He
will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets.
But
isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief
and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be,
and a lifelong dedication to making it just so?
In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible . . ."
This wasn't for me. I get what Backman was trying to do. Grumpy old man turns out to have a heart-trope. I just didn't enjoy Ove or the side-characters. The story is trying to be funny but for me it wasn't. It was a struggle and I ended up fast-reading it in hopes of getting to better parts. In vain.
Happy reading!
Helena
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