I had read Backman for the first time last year with his Beartown series and I knew I wanted to go back and read his backlog. Once again he does not disappoint. I was curious if the writing style that he did in Beartown would be how this book was but it was not. 

I did not know much about this book other than people loved it and from what I saw from the content warnings. I should've known how serious this book was going to be based off my prior readings of his but my gosh I didn't realize what Ove wanted as an endgame.  I thought it was a beautiful book about how you just don't know what is going on in someone's life and to never take it for granted. We all put a facade on and sometimes it's real but often times it's not.  This was such an interesting take on it. 

I thought the narrator was wonderful. His voice was very relaxed and tone was easy to listen to. I will be curious if another version will be recorded with Tom Hanks which would be awesome if it is.

I am looking forward to seeing the American adaptation - A Man Called Otto.