Fredrik BackmanLiterary Fiction · Contemporary Literature·b. 1981
Anxious People
Anxious People
- Pages
- 352
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- English
Synopsis
On New Year's Eve, a botched bank robbery turns an apartment viewing into an unexpected hostage situation. A diverse group of strangers, each with their own anxieties and secrets, find themselves trapped together. As the police surround the building, they must navigate their shared predicament and discover the surprising connections that bind them.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Suicide
- I enjoyed it. A little bit bleak, but not enough to depress me. It's one of the books that you have to pay attention to or you will miss details. I am glad I read it. I love finding out of detail about someone and realizing that that connected them to someone else. I did not love the ending, but it wasn't enough for any significant dislike towards the book. I liked all the characters, all of them. You can tell the writer is an excellent writer. I don't know if the title specifically fits the book? Since I don't read descriptions, I was expecting this book to be about something else but it was not. I thought the narrator did an excellent job, especially with the voices of everyone. My favorite would have to be the real estate agent. I just loved her joy. I am glad that Julia Whelan did not narrate this book. I think she is amazing and would have narrated the mess out of this book, but I think had she read this book I would have walked away super depressed. I don't want that, lol. Instead I walked away with a little bit of hope. Cheesy, I know! It was heartwarming!
- I complained a lot about this book: too slow, the timeline too messy, the characters are even messier etc... I almost gave up on it. Then, out of the blue, the moment when it all came together happened and it turned into a heartwarming book. Tear jerker as well, the tears take you by surprise, a sentence, sometimes a word, and tears come flooding in. I rooted for every single one of these idiots, I loved them so much! A wonderful book.
- <div>The writing style was not for me. The book just didn‘t catch me.</div>
- 4.5