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Two five stars in a row! That never happens! I needed to get this read so I can watch the movie Beartown. The Swedish version! (I read somewhere Tom Hanks is going to play Ove in A Man Called Ove 🙄. I wish Hollywood would stop trying to remake foreign films - they aren’t as good as the original.). I was afraid the movie would give something away from book 2. Then I’d have been ticked off.
Anyway - I loved this book as much as it’s predecessor. Sometimes I felt things got a bit over the top but who cares really! It’s just great storytelling. I love Bakman’s dialogue. I love the way he ended everything (even though there is sadness). I feel like I got closure. Although I wouldn’t mind reading a book about Benji’s life. 🙂

I found this to be laugh out loud funny - “Agendas. Is that when we’re calling it now? Can’t women be allowed to sleep with whoever they like?� “Ha! There’s no one who has more sympathy for lesbians than me, because as far as I can see they’ve drawn the winning ticket! There’s no reasoning with men, so you might as well get rid of them!�

Other quotes I wanted to mention -

“It’s so easy to think that what we post online is like raising your voice in a living room when it’s actually more like shouting from the rooftops. Our fantasy worlds always have consequences for other people’s realities.�

“Our spontaneous reactions are rarely our proudest moments. It’s said that a person’s first thought is the most honest, but that often isn’t true. It’s often just the most stupid. Why else would we have afterthoughts.�

“Unfairness is a far more natural state in the world that fairness.�