Another winner from Backman. I really enjoyed this story and most of the characters managed to endear themselves to me, even though it was a rough start. Like, honestly at first the only people I liked were the bank robber and Jim. But as the story progressed and revealed itself, I began to like them all a little bit more.

It all takes place in one do, so it's fairly fast paced, especially for this author. I also love how poetic some of his lines were because there are always a few that just hit me in my feels. Of course I can't recall them now because I was so engrossed on reading that I didn't take note of them but there were more than a few lines that just gut punched me. And this book is full of a lot of those emotional sucker punches, so warned.

There were also some surprises for me, partly because I wasn't trying to figure them out and because the author did a good job of playing on people's expectations of how something should go in a story. Another beautifully written book. Backman has yet to disappoint me as an author.