A man called Ove is a heart-warming book about how sometimes interruptions in your life can actually bring about an amazing change.
I started reading A Man Called Ove when I was chest deep in a reading slump and try as I might, I could not get out of it. One of my friends suggested me to read this book and saints was I so darn happy that I read it. It took me a little while to get accustomed to the slow start of the novel, but as the story progressed and I got insights into Ove’s life and his daily interactions, I started falling in love with the character of Ove as well as the immaculate writing of Fredrik Backman.
He is depicted to be this senile, irritable, short tempered man with some extremely strict principles and a heart full of love for only one person, who unfortunately rests in a grave now. Ove goes about his days enforcing rules nobody cares about and visiting his wife in her grave, until a boisterous and loud family moves in next door, and he is forced to interact with them due to some turn of event or the other.
It is great to see Ove’s character stay polite with the new neighbours albeit getting irritated by the daily interactions. Although through the course of the book we find out that these interactions give Ove’s life some sort of purpose which was amiss making Ove undergo one heck of an epiphany and character development.
It was a super lovely book to read and unquestionably a sure remedy for reading slumps. I would love to hear your opinions about the book in the commenst and would encourage you to read it if you have not. Additionally, for all you people who are more comfortable with watching a movie, this book has been adapted into a movie of the same name!
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