#Frederik Backman

[cabesswtaer]

just finished the winners by frederik backman how the fuck am i supposed to cope

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Nicky Hemick- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Genevieve Lefoux- The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger

Jack Wolcott- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire

Benji Ovich- Beartown by Frederik Backman

[sun1seeker]

i want to put benji ovich in my pocket and carry him around so he never gets hurt and ask him how his day is going and beat up anyone who even looks at him the wrong way and give him my jacket when he’s cold and tuck him into bed at night and and and

[poetlcs]

books I’ve read in 2024 - no. 14

Beartown by Frederik Backman

[bookswithdora]

That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.

Frederik Backman, "Anxious People"

[lossisyours]

When he left her she wept so hard that she couldn’t breathe. Her body was never really the same after that, she curled up and never quite unfurled again.

— Fredrik Backman, Anxious People (tr. Neil Smith)

[frxgsfxrlxfe]

Do you ever think the boys on the A-team. Like. Ruffled Amat’s hair and laughed at him every time he lost a shot when he was a junior……..but the roles reversed when he came back from his injury and they looked at him in slight fear/awe every time he entered the locker room

[rhetoricandlogic]

MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman

RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2015

A touching, sometimes-funny, often wise portrait of grief.

A contemporary fairy tale from the whimsical author of A Man Called Ove (2014).

Elsa is almost 8, and her granny is her best—and only—friend. Elsa’s precociousness and her granny’s disregard for societal rules mark them as trouble to most people they encounter and make Elsa a pariah at school. But every night she can journey with her granny to the Land-of-Almost-Awake, made of six kingdoms, each with its own strength, purpose, and interlocking mythologies that Elsa knows by heart. In the Land-of-Almost-Awake, Elsa doesn’t have to worry about how she fits in at school, in the apartment building full of misfits where she lives, or in her family, where both her parents are divorced and remarried and her mother is pregnant. When granny passes away with very little notice, Elsa is bereft. And angry. So angry that it’s almost no consolation that Elsa’s granny has left her a treasure hunt. But the hunt reveals that each misfit in her apartment building has a connection to her granny, and they all have a story reflected in the Land-of-Almost-Awake. Neither world is short on adventure, tragedy, or danger. This is a more complex tale than Backman’s debut, and it is intricately, if not impeccably, woven. The third-person narrative voice, when aligned with Elsa’s perspective, reveals heartfelt, innocent observations, but when moving toward omniscience, it can read as too clever by half. Given a choice, Backman seems more likely to choose poignancy over logic; luckily, the choice is not often necessary. As in A Man Called Ove, there are clear themes here, nominally: the importance of stories; the honesty of children; and the obtuseness of most adults, putting him firmly in league with the likes of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman.

A touching, sometimes-funny, often wise portrait of grief.

[in-dire-read]

Winners (Book Review)

Written by: Frederik Backman

"All the best players have a darkness inside them, that's why they end up the best, they think the darkness will disappear if they can just win enough times..."

4.5 / 5 Stars

Summary

As Beartown struggles to move forward, the destruction of Hed's ice rink re-ignites a dormant rivalry, which only quickly escalates. How far will the residents go to protect their hockey club?

Thoughts

The third book is extremely character-driven and explores multiple points of view. Each character's story is linked to another to explain a community's pride and ambition for their hockey club. Frederik Backman's writing style invokes strong emotional reactions, for he uses allegories and metaphors to emphasize his points. For example, Theo & Tails were excellent antagonists because they presented the greed of consumerism.

"We try to be men and never really know how. The tales about us who live here are the same sort of tales that are told about everyone, everywhere, we think we're in charge of the way they unfold but of course that happens unbearably seldom. They carry us wherever they want to go. Some of them will have happy endings, and some of them will end exactly the way we were always afraid they would."

"If you can't understand if the girl you're having sex with wants it or not, then you've never had fucking sex with a girl who wants it."

[cabesswtaer]

listening to call your mom and the view between villages and thinking of benji </3

[mental-food]

Discover what can happen when you let life in.

-Movie „A Man Called Otto“

[brucedinsman]

Book Review: The Answer Is No by Fredrik Backman

The Answer Is No The Answer Is No by Fredrik BackmanMy rating: 5 of 5 starsKindleTrippy! What a fun ride through modern city living. All Lucas wants is to be alone. And of course, he doesn’t get what he wants. But if you try sometimes, you get what you needView all my reviews Amazon In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life…

[multyfangirl]

Went to see A man called Otto last night at the movies last night. Ngl,I was a bit nervous and really debated whether to try it. The swedish movie was good, tbh, I don't remember how well it followed the book but it was nice. I really, really enjoyed the movie last night, Tom Hanks was amazing plus all the others did a fantastic job.I think they covered the main parts.I cried at Sonya and Otto's story for the third time🥹It was worth it 🤍

[bookswithdora]

People want to be good. Deep down. Kind.

Frederik Backman, "Anxious People"

[cabesswtaer]

vote for benji!!! read beartown!!

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Nicky Hemick- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Genevieve Lefoux- The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger

Jack Wolcott- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire

Benji Ovich- Beartown by Frederik Backman

[lossisyours]

Falling in love is magical, after all, romantic, breathtaking… but falling in love and love are different. Aren’t they? Don’t they have to be?

— Fredrik Backman, Anxious People (tr. Neil Smith)