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En mand der hedder Ove by Fredrik Backman

15 reviews

michellem92's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

A really good exploration of grief and learning to live after it. Ove is both lovable and annoying, which turns at a point to endearing in its own right. The rest of the characters feel very real and individualized, and have a lot of unspoken depth to them. The back and forth between Ove's memories and current life really build his story well and allow the reader to understand why he is the way he is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chelle22's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

everythingeverywhereallatonce's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.75

This book will make you feel all the emotions. I didn’t think I’d like it but I was wrong it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

This book is not a terrible book in terms of bad content. But there is continuous mention of possibly sensitive content to the extent of wanting the reader to learn from these things. Like

homophobia against a character and kicking out that character. And child loss but it is not described in a grafic way

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Ove grew on me slower than the author intended to but by the end i guess he's okay…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Excrement, and Alcohol

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

starlitpage's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

This book contained so much heart so it's not surprising to say that I cried in the end. While not a romance, it does contain the love story between Ove and his wife Sonja. The love he has for her is so sweet and so sad, because the book is also a story on grief and how Ove deals with losing the love of his life. It's about grief and loneliness, but also how friendship and community can be healing. 

The relationships in this novel was truly the best part for me. I loved reading about Ove's newfound relationship with his neighbors, and slowly seeing the ones he had in the past. He is very much a grumpy old man where despite how much he tries to fight them, a friendship and community can't help but form between him and his neighbors. It's hilarious seeing him try to beef with children, but the way they bonded with each other tugged on my heart.

And when they called him granddad I felt my heart squeeze. As did the reveal on Jimmy's back story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

purplepenning's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood