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Le Monde Selon Britt-Marie by Fredrik Backman

11 reviews

defiantturtle's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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_pauline's review against another edition

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funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

This combines elements from a man called ove (main character), beartown (small town/village setting, sports, characters) & anxious people (funny writing,

robbery

), but I don’t think it’s boring or repetitive even if you’ve read his other books.

it went from “low stakes story with a premise & MC similar to ove“ to “simultaneously heart wrenching & funny“ to

“you did not seriously just kill off one of my favourite characters“

Britt-Marie finds it extremely impolite for Somebody to interrupt her in the midst of dying.

'I was waiting here for you to stop looking deceased. Got hungry, you know, so I had a bit of lunch'

Some people had pulled Britt-Marie out of the car; she doesn't know who, but she knows that her mother, silently furious, never forgave them for saving the wrong daughter. Maybe Britt-Marie didn't forgive them either.

Next to the plate she put a note, written neatly in ink: 'Out on a date. Or a meeting. Or whatever it's called nowadays. No need to put away your plate when you have finished, it's no trouble at all for me.' She wanted to write something about how she hoped the rat would find someone else to share its dinner with, because she did not feel the rat deserved to eat alone. Loneliness is a waste of both rats and people. But her common sense ordered her not to get involved in the rat's personal choices about social relationships, so she left it at that.

'If something happens to me can you promise you'll look out for Omar and Vega and make sure they're all right? Can you promise me you'll find good people to look after them?' …
He has made her promise that she won't sit up all night waiting for his car to come back. But she does it anyway.

I‘m not sure how to feel about

the open ending, but it does make sense for the story

character ranking:

vega
the rat
ben (pirate)
britt-marie
sami
sven
the white dog (SO close to being a ts reference he just chose the wrong colour)
unemployment office girl
somebody, max, the other kids
everybody else
literally anyone
kent (though he did change for the better)

my current ranking of Fredrik Backman’s books:

the winners (5⭐️)
beartown & us against you (5⭐️)
anxious people (5⭐️)
britt-marie was here (4.75⭐️)
a man called ove (4⭐️)

If you want to get an impression of his sense of humour, watch the speech he gave at the Simon & Schuster centennial (Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination)

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baileyes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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pastlifetragedy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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candiemarsh's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a nicely paced read. I'd say it's a "feel good" book, with some emotional moments. Great character development; the characters grow to be more lovable as you go on with the story. It's the kind of read that isn't too heavy but at the same time makes you reflect.

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bessadams's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lhodgson26's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

For the first quater of the book I couldn't connect with the characters especially Britt Marie, however I was then rooting for them all and really wasn't prepared for all the emotion towards the end. As the story is about community and how football can unite a community in any circumstances no matter how rich or poor they may be or their gender or their age or how much pain they may be going through. It was heartbreaking when Sami died as he sacrificed himself for his friend who helped save him as a child by helping to remove his father but then got trapped in a circle of debt and dangerous habits. I liked how a love triangle between Britt- Marie and Sven and Kent was protrayed but we never got the answer and we hope she choose herself and went to Paris. I really liked Banks character and all the other characters too and the importantance of how sport is way more then just a game.

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