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lauraccm's review against another edition
5.0
Definitivamente este libro es como una taza de café en diciembre, te deja el corazón calentito… que libro más bonito, desde los personajes hasta la manera en la que está escrito, es una delicia de lectura.
diamond627's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.0
Please note there are attempts at suicide in this book
schiess95's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
olamroczek's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-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
4.75
samuelbrown23's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I found the book overall enjoyable and simple as this is focus on first person perspective. The neighbors could get annoying, I do agreed with Ova like how acted on their demands. It’s seems that this focus so much on plot moving along that felt like could get lost where you are at in the story since the author going back in forth in the timeline makes easier to forget the setting. Speaking of the setting I wish the author would some time makes remind to reader where and when is Tory taking place. The character definitely has some type of mental health issue: death of parent early age, and lack of social interactions. This book gives mixed feelings kind felt very comforting and disturb of the character action from attempting to
Commit sucide to heart felt moment.
Commit sucide to heart felt moment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt
madyhugh's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-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
4.0
erkiff's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
jaymeeb's review against another edition
3.5
i enjoyed Fredrik’s writing style from the first chapter but i just don’t think this was the story for me. while i found it endearing and was touched by the connections Ove made and the family he found, i just didn’t love it. i would recommend it if the synopsis intrigues you!
leigh_ann_15_deaf's review against another edition
2.0
This book is about a mean old man, who’s apparently been socially apathetic his entire life, who only ever does anything nice for one of two reasons: either Sonja (the real person and/or the construct called “Ove’s wife”) expects it of him or convinces him to, or he steps in to take over because he believes the person doing a job is doing it incorrectly.
Ove is all around unlikeable. There were moments I pitied him, sympathized, such as the house fire, and others I cheered for him, such as getting his father’s watch back, but the vast majority of the time I could not bring myself to like him, and even downright hated him at points, such as punching a clown who returned the “wrong” 5-crown coin. He’s antagonistic, hypocritical, and apparently lacks theory of mind—he doesn’t understand what others are thinking or why they do things, and prefers that everyone be a carbon copy of himself so he doesn’t have to exercise his brain in any capacity. It’s annoying. I love a routine and have a strong sense of justice, but Ove takes it to such an extreme that it makes me reflect all the more on how I might come across to others—though I suppose that in itself means I’m not like Ove and don’t have to worry about it. Sigh.
Also, Ove’s wife is Sonja- by p. 113 it’s only stated twice amid what seems like hundreds of “Ove’s wife,” like she’s a possession or an abstract thought, known only in relation to Ove. I guess it’s the same lack of human connection with others, whom he almost exclusively refers to with descriptors like “Lanky One” and “Blonde Weed.”
Ove is all around unlikeable. There were moments I pitied him, sympathized, such as the house fire, and others I cheered for him, such as getting his father’s watch back, but the vast majority of the time I could not bring myself to like him, and even downright hated him at points, such as punching a clown who returned the “wrong” 5-crown coin. He’s antagonistic, hypocritical, and apparently lacks theory of mind—he doesn’t understand what others are thinking or why they do things, and prefers that everyone be a carbon copy of himself so he doesn’t have to exercise his brain in any capacity. It’s annoying. I love a routine and have a strong sense of justice, but Ove takes it to such an extreme that it makes me reflect all the more on how I might come across to others—though I suppose that in itself means I’m not like Ove and don’t have to worry about it. Sigh.
Also, Ove’s wife is Sonja- by p. 113 it’s only stated twice amid what seems like hundreds of “Ove’s wife,” like she’s a possession or an abstract thought, known only in relation to Ove. I guess it’s the same lack of human connection with others, whom he almost exclusively refers to with descriptors like “Lanky One” and “Blonde Weed.”