Book Review 1: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman: A Man Called Ove Genres: Contemporary, Light Humor, Swedish Literature Reading Level: Adult Setting: Modern Sweden Published: 2014 Page Count: 337 (Paperback) Content Warnings: Suicide, Miscarriage Rating: ★★★★✩ (4.0 out of 5) One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2025 was to start writing serious book reviews again–not because anyone particularly cares about what I personally have to say about books, but simply because it brings me joy to do. After my mental health took a slight dip towards the end of 2024, I decided I needed to do something that was going to bring a little joy back into my life, and it needed to be something that I decided to do by myself, for myself. When I settled on choosing to write book reviews again, ironically the book I decided to start with was Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove. The irony of the fact that this book is about a depressed middle-aged man finding joy in his life again and escaping his desire to kill himself is not los...