by Fredrik Backman
I have loved, and hated, all of Backman's books so far. Loved A Man Called Ove and although well-written, I disliked the Beartown trilogy. This will be my favorite of favorites. The WRITING is superb. What's higher than A+ ?! An existential, coming-of-age masterpiece. The word choice, sentence structure, and author's voice make it undeniably a soon-to-be classic piece of literature. Translated from Backman's native Swedish, the writing tugs at all the emotions and never fails to use all the writing skills known to man. Ripe with figurative language, specifically full of simile and metaphor, alliteration, and personification, I don't think I've ever read such a masterpiece. I didn't want it to end. - Libby H