I loved this book. LOVED it. It's about a grumpy old man named Ove, who is super angry at the world and who hates everyone. When we meet him, he's all alone--then some new neighbors move in and knock over his mailbox with their moving truck. As the story progresses, you find out more about his life and his story, and his love for his wife (who has just passed away), and you can't help but loving Ove. He misses his wife so much that he tries to kill himself to get back to her--and he tries again, and again, and again, but every time his neighbors get in the way and he gets swept up in something like having to take someone to the hospital, and he has to put it off for another day. And eventually his neighbors become like a family.
Seriously, this story was just so sweet. I teared up a number of times and laughed out loud as well. I loved Ove's black-and-white personality and his view on his "principles," and especially his relationship with Sonja. And I loved Parvaneh, the neighbor who moves in, and how she doesn't let Ove's gruff exterior bother her.
Definite 5 stars.
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