This one just seemed a bit flat. The narrative jumped around. The characters were flat and the Fae trope just didn’t pull off the heist narrative. NotThis one just seemed a bit flat. The narrative jumped around. The characters were flat and the Fae trope just didn’t pull off the heist narrative. Not sure I’ll read another...more
Well it is clearly a niche book and probably more like reading (or in my case listening) to the bonus tracks at the end of a DVD. It was fun and charmWell it is clearly a niche book and probably more like reading (or in my case listening) to the bonus tracks at the end of a DVD. It was fun and charming to have a little behind the scenes look. Elwes sounds as star struck now as he clearly was when making the film. It’s a fun little jaunt behind the scenes of what is the world most perfect movie....more
This book can’t really be read without reading Bear Town. It really is a dependent book, carrying on where the first left off. I’m glad Backman finishThis book can’t really be read without reading Bear Town. It really is a dependent book, carrying on where the first left off. I’m glad Backman finished the story and gave the reader some happy endings. I didn’t particularly care for switching to the first person plural with an unnamed narrator as one of the points of view but still a good read....more
This is not the quiet, cosy Backman that wrought us Ove and Britt Marie but it is every bit as incredible. As usual he draws out the small characters This is not the quiet, cosy Backman that wrought us Ove and Britt Marie but it is every bit as incredible. As usual he draws out the small characters and gives everyone depth. No one is simple and straightforward. Each character is complex and unpredictable - just like life. It raises questions about what is a community and it’s values. It also raises questions of what we allow in a sports team because we exalt winning, what we allow when we let “bots be boys� as part of a team, and how we can all come unglued. To quote the best lines from this book would involve restyling the entire thing as it is filled with thought provoking wisdom throughout. Another brilliant work....more
Like most second books in a trilogy, this one is a bridge between two stories where there is no resolution. I wish I had realised there was such a timLike most second books in a trilogy, this one is a bridge between two stories where there is no resolution. I wish I had realised there was such a time jump from La Belle Sauvage - I would have reread His Dark Materials before beginning....more
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