A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Gut Instinct Rating - 5

Characters - 5

Believability for type and topics - 5

Similarity to other books - 5

Writing Style - 4

Excitement Factor - 4

Story Line - 5

Title Relevance - 5

Cover art - 5

To read or not to read? Definitely worth reading!

Movie? Yes, but I couldn't handle the subtitles...

Goodreads users gave this book a 4.35. I think it was more deserving of a 4.78.

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Published on May 5, 2015

Pages: 337

Publishing Company: Washington Square Press

Number of books by author: 11 Novels

Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Humor

This book is kind of like Up (Pixar movie) for adults. If you liked Up, you'll like this. I know people over-hype a lot of these popular books, but this one was fantastic. In about 40 years, I will be Ove. I just read my life story and it was beautiful, and organic; moving and depressing.