I purchased this book for my own collection.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: May 15, 2015
Summary:
All you need is Ove.
At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet, a curmudgeon with staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People think him bitter, and he thinks himself surrounded by idiots.
Ove’s well-ordered, solitary world gets a shake-up one November morning with the appearance of new neighbors, a chatty young couple and their two boisterous daughters, who announce their arrival by accidentally flattening Ove’s mailbox with their U-Haul. What follows is a heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unlikely friendships, and a community’s unexpected reassessment of the one person they thought they had all figured out.
A word-of-mouth bestseller that has caused a sensation across Europe, Fredrik Backman’s irresistible novel about the angry old man next door is an uplifting exploration of the unreliability of first impressions and a gentle reminder that life is sweeter when it is shared with other people.
Ove is all you need.
My thoughts:
After finally reading the Beartown trilogy, I fell hard for Backman’s writing and vowed to read his backlist, starting with this one…and boy did I love it! While it completely destroyed me, I also fell in love with Ove.
This is the type of book that I know I’ll be revisiting again and again. I loved all the quirky characters we meet and the relationships that develop. This may be a slower-paced read but it is so worth it. It hits hard the message that one person really can make a difference.
I purposely used this photo because this is how I felt finishing this book. Not only did I have tears in my eyes, but I just wanted to hug the book and sit with it for a while. It had just the right balance of humor, love and depth.
I’ve now read 4 of Backman’s books and plan on reading the rest of his backlist as well as his new one in the coming new year!
Purchasing from the link below supports independent bookstores and my blog!
