Ove is a grumpy guy who follows strict rules for how to live his life and attempts to enforce these rules with the rest of his neighborhood. However, when a friendly young family moves in next door, they begin to see the softness Ove is hiding under his curmudgeonly mask.

Oh boy. I am sorry about this review, y'all. I know Ove is very special to a lot of you. I will begin by saying this is all my personal views coming in to play. And I would like to note that I enjoyed Backman's writing style very much. It was breezy and fun and I chuckled a lot.

However, I think I read this book at the wrong time and in the wrong place. I'm sure if I'd read it in 2012 when it was published I would have found it heartwarming and sweet and begun recommending it a lot. But as someone reading this book in America today, the only thing I could think was "this guy would be a Trump voter." And that's that for me, more or less.

I did roll my eyes and heave a huge sigh at the "his heart is too big!" medical reveal. That was just a cheese too far, even for me.