I liked the point of this novel: it takes a grumpy old man, Ove, and tells us his story. It happens that he has seen (and done) a lot in his life, and there are reasons why he is so grumply.

But where the book loses me is when it goes overboard with this concept, and makes Ove into Superman: he is always there to save somebody else's life. One would have been enough and more tender, more realistic...

A good humoured read. Also a quick read. It has originality on its plot, though--I can give Backman.