This book is set in Sweden and a person is about to rob a bank, but instead the bungled robbery ends up being a hostage situation. As the story continues, the hostages realise the criminal holding them captive may actually be in more need of rescuing then they are.
Something I didn't expect from this book was such fabulous humour. Yes, it definitely involves sadness and depression but overall, it was just so uplifting and I loved it! I started out in this one with certain perceptions and assumptions about the characters and the situation and was completely surprised. The characters were fantastic and I think the investigating officers in this one, Jim and Jack, were outstanding. The strangers taken hostage, along with the bank robber each had fascinating elements to their stories. Backman is just so incredibly clever in the way he writes, the way he weaves together each of the aspects of the novel sneaking in some fabulous twists. I laughed and I cried. It was truly memorable and this will definitely be one of my favourite books this year. 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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I remember reading A Man Called Ove in 2017 and being smitten by the author’s writing and imagination. I wonder why I didn’t pick up his other books right after that. Anyway, I came across his latest release and decided to order it then and there because I wanted something light, breezy, funny and I knew this author could deliver that to me in a book. The story is set in a small town of Sweden and revolves around the day before New Year’s Eve. After a failed attempt at bank robbery, there is a hostage drama going on in a flat around which the book is set. Following the lives of a host of characters, we witness their sentiments and anxieties evolving with every scene and incident as the plot unfurls. We see their ups and downs, we hear the pain and happiness echoing in their shaky voices, we look at the smallness of life and the immeasurable nature of it as age or time takes control over self. It was funny and a life affirming book. A book that spoke about kindness, and compassion. It is a novel that stops being fiction and speaks closely to us, not in our ears, but to our hearts; how important and beautiful life can sometimes be, even on the worst days. Yes, I have written down praises of this book but I don’t think it is as good as AMCO. I felt the author was ambitious in this book, with too many characters and too many stories. It left little for me to sit with one character and try to know them closely myself. I felt the author telling me all things about life and I don’t like it when an author does that. It begins to seem like a self-help book and I don’t seek that in fiction. I wanted the author simply to show me what lives do these people live. That’s all. However, I do recommend you this book if you are looking for something light and positive. It will put a smile on your face, for sure.
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