Filip Hammar

There are some items in this one that just made me choke with laughter - the two Jas entries are priceless - but there are loads of humdrum stuff too, which makes this a book you could easily skim through. Hammar and Wikingsson are great at relaying the absurdity in situations and turning even the most uneventful brainfarts into a hilarious farce. They're never truly mean to their subjects, but seem to have a certain respect for these poor saps who at one time or another has put their foot show more in their well-intentioned mouth only to be laughed at. I like the fact that they have tried to contact most of these people to see what they have to say today about their blunders from the past. Like Två nötcrème och en moviebox, this one was apparently also a TV series - now that would be funny to watch. show less

OK, it's pretty funny at times - if you were born in Sweden in the 70s - and there are a bunch of things that reverberate through your very soul when you read them, things you had forgotten about but now are brought to the surface and not only are you brought back in time to the events and the places, but even the people show up in your memory - people you had forgotten about long ago. So, yeah, it's a funny trip down memory lane. However, it gets a little long - especially when the authors show more decide to write page after page about the troubles with getting alcohol and the resulting messes. I drank when I was that age, but I can't remember putting that much effort in it. Also, it's very much written from the boys' perspective, so it doesn't wholeheartedly deal with girlhood which would appeal more to me. Apparently this was a TV-series originally, and I think I may have enjoyed that more. show less

Vet inte riktigt vad jag ska tycka om denna bok, den är lite små lustig på visa ställen men på minst lika många ställen är den små tråkig. Eftersom jag har köpt denna bok så hade jag lite förväntningar på Filip och Fredrik men har nog mest blivit besviken. :

Swedish review: http://dagensbok.com/index.asp?id=950