A review by sweetsxrrxw
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

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

3.5

tbh there's only two reasons why i decided to pick this book up:

  1. firstly, a friend of mine has recommended me this author a bunch of times and i told her i'd read some of his books one day
  2. secondly, since this novella is super short and im in a huge reading slump, i just thought it could be helpful

as for the story, it was both sweet and sad. maybe it was not super devastating or maybe i just avoided to cry because i was in front of my family during about 90% of my reading time. however, i did tear up and drop a couple tears, not gonna lie!
i like how grandpa grew up to realize he was really shitty to ted and that he deserved better but i'm glad that he got to somehow redeem himself with noah, who shared his love for science and maths. although i just really wish people would stop treating other people who are more into letters and art like we're dumb and worthless.


the main topics were nice, i liked how the author handled the theme of memory loss and giving your last goodbyes to people who are still alive. i guess at first the change of  setting/pov can be a bit confusing and but after a couple switches you can understand how is it going. 
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