Typically, my favorite books are character-driven stories that offer a deep dive into the people involved in the story, and Anxious People was just that. Jumping to different points of view-from the Swedish police officers, a father and son team in charge of the case, to the hostages-we get a variety of glimpses into the cross-section of humanity affected by this incident, the bank robber included. What begins as an idiosyncratic book about a bank robbery-gone-terribly-awry unfolds into an astute and beautifully rendered character study of a random group of people who are thrown into a very stressful situation as a botched robbery suddenly turns into a hostage situation. As soon as I started reading, I knew I had made the right choice. I had also heard from a friend that Backman has a good sense of humor, and as a TV comedy writer, I love to laugh. I picked up Anxious People because, well, it seemed like reading about other anxious people might make me feel better about my own anxiety. First, a confession: I am not one of the millions of people around the world who read A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman’s previous best-selling book.
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