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En mand der hedder Ove by Fredrik Backman

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racquellemulvey's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Bachmann reaches inside of your soul to grab the parts that relate to a random old man. I recommend reading without knowing anything about the book.

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schiess95's review against another edition

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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

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samuelbrown23's review against another edition

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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.

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erkiff's review against another edition

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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

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river69rat's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Finished wiping my tears to say Ove is simply too young in this book. 59 is not old man territory!! He's younger than my mum who has a similar attitude to him in some ways but still understands computers and phones? Idk his age constantly threw me out of so many interactions - alongside him also apparently being super buff lol

I just loved the Beartown trilogy so much that I am shocked with how much I did not love this book. Was a drag to get through unfortunately. I did cry heavily, multiple times but it's not one that will stick with me and I'm just glad it's done.

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