A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman [Review]

I was very kindly sent this book by Hodder & Stoughton through BookBridgr in return for an honest review. 

This book focuses around a man called Ove, who is the definition of a grumpy old man. He doesn't like other people, he doesn't like loud noises, he doesn't like...well...anything. He lives alone and plans to stay that way, with only one overriding factor - Ove wants to die.

Ove believes he should leave Earth when he damn well wants to, as that's how he lives the rest of his life. He has his routines, his beliefs and his day to day grievances with the neighbours, but little does he know that this will change his life forever when a new family moves into town.

Through a series of unusual events, Ove finds himself, despite his constant protests, in the presence of some new friends, some miraculous situations and maybe, just maybe, Ove will start to find that new beginnings can happen later in life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was perfectly comedic in that you understood Ove's anger at the world perfectly but throughout the story, the reasons that you thought Ove's anger stemmed from, are torn up right infront of your eyes, so much so that you find tears of sadness and shock replacing those of laughter.

A stunning novel, I would recommend it to anyone who has met someone like Ove, because it's guaranteed that we all have. Ove is the perfect example of 'don't judge a book by it's cover'