Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Our faculty book club that was started while we were all quarantined back in the springtime is back, and this is the first selection of this school year. The librarian at one of our feeder schools (who used to be one of the librarians on our campus until they foolishly decided we didn't need two librarians on a high school campus) recommended this to our librarian. She even wants to join in our book club discussion, which will be cool.
This book, in a way, reminded me of the movie, Clue, and a little of the book And Then There Were None except that no one died. It jumped around a lot, and just when I thought I was finally figuring it out, the author threw a curveball. It was a fun read because of this.
So, this book is about a bank robbery, but not really. It's about a hostage situation, but not really. It's about an apartment open house, but not really. It's about people and how they interact with each other. This gives the here and now of the characters but also gives their background.
If all Backman's books are this good, I will read them all.
