Smashbomb

"That’s one of my favorites. That one is on my list, too. When I saw it, it just blew me away completely. I saw it when I was quite young, and I remember thinking, “My god, are these really actors? Could a movie be done this way?” It was something I’d never seen before, and it was so brutal and so real; just like watching a documentary. Those kinds of filmmakers and actors kind of opened up things in me that gave me hope and inspired me. I felt less lonely in a way, because I thought, “Okay, there’s people out there exploring things that I would like to do.” People who were not afraid of darkness; people who were not afraid of going into things that were not charming and easy and, you know, sweet and cute. That one made a very strong impression on me."

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Jan 21, 2019

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

8.8

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It’s easy to judge those around us and distance ourselves from those whom seem distant. In Backman’s A Man Called Ove, we are reminded that people cope with life in various ways, and that just maybe, those are the people who need us the most. Ove comes from a line of deep seeded beliefs that society has lost sight of over the years. There were a few moments where the pace of the story was a bit slow for my liking. However, the depth in which Backman describes Ove provides for a richness unrivaled by other leading characters.
I honestly chuckled aloud while reading this book. I was so amused by this man who loves his wife and cars more than anything in the world that I read excerpts aloud to my husband and we shared laughs together. Ove may come across as a grumpy old man stuck in his routine; however, we learn that he is so much more. Thanks to an unlikely crew of random people and a cat that come into his life at the most inopportune times, Ove teaches us that honesty and love are really all we need. Well, that and cars, of course. “So there are certainly those who believe that feelings cannot be judged by looking at cars. But they were wrong.” The people who need us the most can turn out to be the people who have the most to give. I recommend this book to anyone who knows a crotchety old man who drives them nutty and to anyone who pushes others away.