Love his little novellas, so much life packed into those pages. ( )

Fredrik Backman does it again... Rips my heart into pieces, even with how short this story was. How does he manage to do this every single time?! I'm sobbing. I should not have read this right before sleeping. So beautifully written I'm going to be thinking about this for days. ( )

Beautifully Backman. ( )

While battling cancer, a deadbeat dad contemplates his life spent building a business empire and not being a father to his son. One night while smoking out on the fire escape, he meets a little girl with cancer who knows she’s going to die.

Fredrik Backman is one of my favorite authors. I usually read his books as they come out, but this one was not only hard to find a copy of, but also, since it said it was Christmas-y I wanted to wait to read it until Christmas.

I’ve read another of Backman’s novella, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, and I cried pools of tears during that read. This one though… wasn’t the case? I just didn’t get the emotional connection that I usually do with Backman’s works. This felt like it was more telling than it was showing and connecting. I’m not saying it wasn’t a good book, just not as in depth as most of his other works.

That all being said, this is still a good, quick read you could enjoy in one setting during the holidays. Will still recommend this to anyone who likes Backman and their stories. ( )

There was some really interesting stories here. They were stories one would read in school. Kind of abstract, metaphorical, and trying to make the reader think. They were all kind of dark, my favorite was the last one. Overall, not as Christmas-y as I thought, oh well! Hope to share the stories with someone else soon. ( )