Ove is every old curmudgeon you’ve ever known. A remake titled A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks for the American audience is currently in post-production and is scheduled to be released in December of 2022. The novel has been adapted into a 2015 Swedish film that is currently available to watch for free on Tubi. It’s exactly the kind of feel-good book we could all use during extremely distressing times. And do yourself a favor by reading this book. They have a story that might be more similar to your own than you realize. Maybe he doesn’t say the words but the gesture means even more than that.īe patient with the ones close to you that you feel you don’t understand. Ove shows love by building things for the people in his life, things he knows they would love. (Then teach me why don’t ya?!)īut Ove helps us take a step back and remind ourselves that everyone is more than they appear to be and not everyone shows emotions in the same way. That whole shtick with the manual transmission still kind of irks me. My personal experience would mostly be with my step-father. Ove’s story encourages the reader to take another look at that old crank in their own lives. It’s very easy to forget and very damaging when we do. This is a lesson we all need over and over and over again in life. It reminds the reader to assume greatness in others until absolutely proven otherwise. I enjoyed seeing how all of their personalities could work together with more than just a little effort.Ī Man Called Ove is an optimistic book. How they get to that (mostly) happy ending is entertaining, humorous, relatable, and enviable. By the end of the novel they will be a big somewhat functional family. His story is woven together with a mismatched group of his neighbors all from their own various background stories and personality types. Ove’s is fascinating and is guaranteed to bring out sympathy for him regardless of his poor behavior in his older age. We see how he became the man he is and why the man he is has so much value.Įveryone has a story that gets them to where they are. Over the course of the novel we get to know Ove through his current adventure as well as flashbacks. This man is also the sort to harshly judge you for not knowing how to drive a manual transmission.
He’s extremely rude and says things you definitely don’t agree with. On the surface he is probably someone you choose to avoid. Ove is an old grump who is outwardly rude and will certainly remind you of at least one person you’ve known closely. He takes realistic characters and binds them together with just enough sap to get you right in the heartstrings. It’s the kind of book that will hit you right in all the feels in all the right ways.įredrik Backman writes beautifully.
Spoiler Free ReviewĪ Man Called Ove is a gift.
First is the spoiler free review followed by the spoiler full review and summary. This post of A Man Called Ove by author Fredrik Backman has been adapted from two previous posts.
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