My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises

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Laura's Little Book Blog * A highly compelling read and it was easy to lose myself in the story * Off the Shelf blog * Told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as [OVE] . It's not a fantasy book, but at least 50% of the story is based on metaphors and allegories where Backman tells us about the relationships of a kooky cast of characters who share residence in a large building full of apartments. What stands out in my mind is that I was able to finish this book when I was finishing literally zero books.

This story itself was very similar to one of my favorite books, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which was a bit strange. Then, around this time last year, I lost my own beloved grandmother, and I worried that this book would simply feel Too Real. It struck me, towards the end, that this is a much better less-pathologised version of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy.Granny takes Elsa on marvellous adventures, talks their way out of trouble, and teaches Elsa how to stand up to the kids who bully her at school. I listened to the audio from the library instead of reading my books as I'm trying to beat the clock.

A highly compelling read and it was easy to lose myself in the story ― Off the Shelf Blog --This text refers to the paperback edition. When it tries to show the theory of how people relate to one another thru made-up places and monsters, I'm lost.There is a cast of characters living in the same apartment house and at first you think you know who they are , but then their complex stories and connections are told as the story progresses . Given the good parts were a 5 for me, and the bad parts were a 1 for me, I settled on allotting 3 stars which in my world is still a good book.

Nobody understood this bright child, not even the teachers and headmaster at school, where she was constantly bullied. In this one, the fantasy took me out of the normal love I have for Backman's style and character development to the point I found myself skimming way too often. They live in a house of flats, with a large cast of quirky neighbours forming a de facto extended family. I was thoroughly entertained by this novel, and enjoyed experiencing the wealth of and range of emotions and it evoked. After having read several books in a row with melancholy themes, this book brightened my mood significantly.E privilegiul oricărui nepot să știe că are întotdeauna pe cineva de partea sa, indiferent de situație. Elsa does not understand as Granny is her only friend, but they both love treasure hunts so she agrees.

Nothing is a shame, even believing in superheroes, if it eventually adds up to the good in this world. The actual story emerging from this mess was quite interesting and had scope, but I had to plod through pages and pages of inconsequential and annoying fairy tales and precocious kids to get to the point. Together they would travel to the six kingdoms in the Land-of-Almost-Awake where they had adventures involving cloud animals, regretters, wurses, snow-angels, dragons, princesses and knights.

All the people living in their big old building had a story to tell, relationships to explain, history to be completed, and a communal love for her grandma to be celebrated. Although both novels featured an older person’s interactions with a young person, they were vastly different. While Elsa's vocabulary is quite skillful, and her ways of dealing with people are more mature than most adults I know, the short and terse structure at times overwhelmed the plot for me. As each letter is delivered, more color, as well as a mysterious danger, is added to this Christmas tale. Wars and storms an pursuits and intrigues and stuff, because that was the sort of action stories that Granny liked.