Monday, 15 May 2017

"A Man Called Ove," by Fredrik Backman

Novel, 2012

Recently and deeply bereaved widower contemplates ending it all but is only happy to do so once all matters in hand are in some sort of order and those around him, in his neighbourhood, start conducting themselves in a fit and proper manner. As easy book to get into which, whenever it feels in an way repetitive or overly formulaic, brings things back round so the reader is given chance to understand and care about the main protagonists. In the end, there's some really effective emotional engagement and story telling which can be ploddy but overall, delivers a good read. 

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