After his wife dies, his loneliness and isolation are increased when he is made redundant from his job. Ove is a grumpy old man who lives by a rigid schedule and wants nothing more than a simple life. I experienced every emotion, from heartbreak and sympathy to joy and laughter.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Photo by book was nothing short of beautiful. In three words – Uplifting, unexpected, underrated 9. The revelations caught me off guard every time and I love when a book does that. There was a great mixture of funny and sad, enough to set my emotions all over the place. It was an easy read with a great flow, despite the flashbacks which can sometimes be jarring. The storyline of this book was brilliant. You could feel her suffering through the words and see how events in her childhood lead to her being isolated, shy, and closed-off. In contrast, Tilda’s chapters were raw, emotional, and real. The childhood perspective and references ignited a wave of nostalgia. Tilly’s chapters were fun, sweet, and sad with some great one-liners. Written from two perspectives, we see Tilly in her childhood years and Tilda as a middle-aged adult. What do you do when you find out your whole childhood was a lie? And the only people with the answers are dead? Contrasting viewpoints As an adult, she finds her late mother’s diaries that hold more secrets than she can bear to believe. Tilly loves it there, but perfect things never last and she is sent away to boarding school, a decision she will never forgive her mother for. Out of the blue, Tilly and her mum run away to Brighton, taking refuge in Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel. But he’s dead now, although he doesn’t visit her like the others.
Tilly can see ghosts, just like her daddy could. It makes me so happy when my expectations are exceeded. I still wanted to read Queenie Malone but had average expectations. Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan Photo by enjoyed the concept of Ruth Hogan’s first novel ‘The Keeper of Lost Things ’ but thought it was missing something. It was hard to narrow it down and even harder to rank them, but here are my shortlisted top ten reads of 2019, in reverse order. I read 88 books, averaged 4.1 with my ratings, and discovered some of the best books I’ve ever read.
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