Author: Fredrik Blackman
Page Count: 400
Date Finished: 20/1/23
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis
It’s New Year’s Eve and House Tricks estate agents are hosting an open viewing in an up-market apartment when an incompetent bank robber rushes in and politely takes everyone hostage.
For Anna-Lena and Roger, busy buying-up apartments to fill the hole in their marriage, it’s something else to talk about.
For Julia and Ro, panicky parents-to-be, it’s yet another worry.
Lonely bank manager Zara only came here for the view.
While 87-year-old grandmother Estelle seems rather pleased by the company . . .
As the police gather outside, the anxious strangers huddled within try to make the best of a very sticky situation – but could it be that they have a whole lot more in common than meets the eye?
Review
I’m always wary when going to read a book club picked book because a lot of times they aren’t the kind of book I read. I never voted for this one either so I opened the pages already disappointed.
The disappointment soon left even in the early chapters of the book and I will definitely be reading the other works of Fredrik Backman.
From the synopsis I just expected a story of a hostage situation but in fact you get a mystery mixed with intertwined stories of the individuals involved not just within the apartment but outside the apartment as well.
A very though invoking story that gets you thinking about life and love and idiots. Worthy of the 5 stars I have given it.
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