2 Book Lovers Reviews

See more of Greg's 

Contemporary Adventure

Please feel free to comment or share.

My Friends

​By Fredrik Backman

There are times when I am looking for a story filled with action, one with lots of things going on, the type of story to keep me on the edge of my seat. There are other times, when I am looking for a story of human interaction; one that is there to make me think; the type of story where I can make some new lifelong friends. Fredrik Backman writes these types of books.

My Friends is a dual timeline type of story. First and foremost, you have the story of Ted and Louisa. Following right alongside this story is Ted’s story to Louisa about the most transformative summer of his life. As a reader, I got to experience this story right along with Louisa; I felt, I laughed, I cried. I was invested in these friends that Ted grew up with.

No less dramatic was Louisa’s story; it always shocks me how people are able to be such shits to other people. Louisa and Ted were thrown together through the most unlikely of circumstance. They are two peas in a dysfunctional pod. As my connection grew with Ted’s friends, my connection to Louisa grew.

This is a story that should hit you in all the right spots, unless you are dead inside. Fredrik Backman is a writer who can delve deep into the human psyche and tell a story that ticks all of the boxes and finds some other boxes that you didn’t even know needed ticking.

 *7 Stars

Read Shelley's review of

My Friends.