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Five reasons to grab your earbuds and listen to A Man Called Ove
Backman has this incredible gift for bringing his characters to life as he draws you into their story. His tales deal with small towns and everyday people who we soon discover anything but. Backman skillfully weaves these characters into your heart, and there they will remain for years to come.
You have to meet Ove. He is methodical, grumpy, opinionated and at the beginning of our story depressed. Backman shares Ove's story giving us ...more
Backman has this incredible gift for bringing his characters to life as he draws you into their story. His tales deal with small towns and everyday people who we soon discover anything but. Backman skillfully weaves these characters into your heart, and there they will remain for years to come.
You have to meet Ove. He is methodical, grumpy, opinionated and at the beginning of our story depressed. Backman shares Ove's story giving us ...more
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Quick Summary: A life lessons novel
My Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a 2012 literary fiction release.
About the Book: "A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarmi ...more
My Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a 2012 literary fiction release.
About the Book: "A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarmi ...more
Book Description
In this charming debut from one of Sweden's most successful authors, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon and the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't ...more
In this charming debut from one of Sweden's most successful authors, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon and the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't ...more
Wonderfully narrated! Read it last year and enjoyed it so much I had to get the audio. Well worth it.
A Man Called Ove kind of blew me away! It was such a sweet mix of nostalgia and tenderness that my heart threatened to burst at the seams! And this was even more true because Ove hid everything he was behind his grumpiness and how unapproachable he made himself seem to every person he came in contact with.
Seeing how Ove had never learnt how to deal with people, talk, or open up when he was young just made him even more lovable to me.
COYER Summer 2019 Treasure Hunt: Read a book with a man fully ...more
Seeing how Ove had never learnt how to deal with people, talk, or open up when he was young just made him even more lovable to me.
COYER Summer 2019 Treasure Hunt: Read a book with a man fully ...more
I absolutely adored this book! I laughed, I cried, I was overwhelmed with all sorts of emotions. Ove is the grouchy old curmudgeon you can’t help but love. He’s rough around the edges but has a kind heart. Everyone in the book is inexplicably drawn to him, even the mangy stray cat. I totally fell in love with him and his little community of interconnected misfits. Definitely one of the best books I read this year! Can’t believe I waited this long get to it. 5 stars!
Absolutely love the main character, Ove. Appears to be the typical grumpy old man, but love his heart. I also found myself smiling and laughing out loud several times!
It was just a feel good kinda book.
And also a feel melancholy kind of book in certain places.
I loved it---I can't think of anything else to add.
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And also a feel melancholy kind of book in certain places.
I loved it---I can't think of anything else to add.
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