Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
4.5/5 rating Genre: Psychological Fiction, Satire Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Humor Trigger Warnings: Attempted Suicide, Blood, Death of spouse, Grief, Domestic abuse, suicide ideation, substance abuse, hostage situation, gun violence, depression, dementia " Nothing must happen to you No, what am I saying Everything must happen to you And it must be wonderful " (Backman 313). From the character development to all the twist and turns this book took, I loved every moment of it. While this is my first time reading any of his works, Backman knows exactly what he is doing when writing suspense, mystery, and something so heart warming-words could not even comprehend to explain it. One technique he uses that I fell in love with was commentary. When reading, the narrator comments on things that the characters are doing, unlike other books, and things that the reader should know for the story. These things are normally s...