CW: Suicide
"A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet
Ove. He's a curmudgeon, 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 walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
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 heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected
friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which
will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to
their very foundations."
This is the book that made this author famous, and that is well-deserved. Ove (pronounced OO-vuh) is a character that you are just annoyed with and frustrated at from the very beginning, but man does he grow on you. Backman seems to really be masterful at writing those types of characters. This was a well-written story, and while I want to say it was a feel-good story (because it was), it was more than that, because it DID NOT always feel good.
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