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Jan 18, 2018ArapahoeTiegan rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
While I am glad Backman explored Britt-Marie a little further beyond My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, I found this story a little difficult to get through, and ultimately a bit disappointing. I was rooting for Britt-Marie - at the end of My Grandmother Asked Me.. she leaves her cheating husband and sets out to find her own life and figure out who she really is, as she lost herself in living her life for her husband for so many years. She ends up in a tiny town and slowly becomes one of the accepted residents - she has quite an effect on some people, and they all have an effect on her. I found it unrealistic that her husband just shows up after seeing their relationship dynamic in My Grandmother Asked Me... Everything sort of went downhill from there in the story. While it did sort of end on a high note for Britt-Marie, which I was afraid would not happen, it felt kind of like a write-off ending with how quickly it wrapped up and it was pretty unsatisfying. But the rest of the story and the connections Britt-Marie made almost make it worth it.