My Friends by Fredrik BackmanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hooter: “A story that doesn’t just ask who we are to others, but who we dare to be with ourselves."
My Friends is the kind of novel that asks for patience, but rewards you with honesty. It doesn’t glamorize friendship; instead, it shows it in all its contradictions- the tenderness, the silence, the disappointments, and the loyalty that refuses to let go. The writing is quiet but piercing, the kind that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. By the end, you don’t just understand the characters - you feel like you’ve lived alongside them. This is no doubt signature Fredrik Backman style that picks a regular storyline - situations so relatable to you and me yet adds a perspective that is wittier yet heart wrenching at the same time.
My Friends is about how one summer of friendship can shape an entire lifetime. It follows Louisa, a grieving eighteen year old who stumbles across a painting of three kids on a pier and sets out to discovr the story behind it. Along the way, she meets Ted, now an older man, who shares the memories of that summer with her- the friendships, the secrets, and the art that captured it all.
"All children are born with wings,” she had whispered. “It’s just that the world is full of people who try to tear them off. Unfortunately they succeed with almost everyone, sooner or later. Only a few children escape. But those children? They rise up to the skies!
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