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A review by okiecozyreader
The Answer is No by Fredrik Backman
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Cute little novella about happiness and neighbors
Backman’s sense of humor is evident in this tale about a man who likes living alone and being by himself, playing video games, and is happy… until someone discards their frying pan in front of their apartment building.
“Because a funny thing about rule-loving people is that to them it seems more important to impose punishment than it is to actually solve problems, and a funny thing about rule-breaking people is that they seem to find breaking rules a lot easier to do if someone else has broken them first.” Ch 5
“I’m . . . no expert. But I think most people who want to be happy try to add things to their lives. But really what maybe they should be doing is taking something away.”
Ch 10
Backman’s sense of humor is evident in this tale about a man who likes living alone and being by himself, playing video games, and is happy… until someone discards their frying pan in front of their apartment building.
“Because a funny thing about rule-loving people is that to them it seems more important to impose punishment than it is to actually solve problems, and a funny thing about rule-breaking people is that they seem to find breaking rules a lot easier to do if someone else has broken them first.” Ch 5
“I’m . . . no expert. But I think most people who want to be happy try to add things to their lives. But really what maybe they should be doing is taking something away.”
Ch 10