Joe

You know you have just read a great book, when it's the only thing you have been thinking of for the whole day.

Although I'm feeling guilty that I binged this book in 2 days. This is easily by far the most entertaining and fun novel I have ever read. I just finished it, but I wish I can go back in time and read it again. That book must have been digested well, in a span of many days.

I loved Katniss so much , how she is thinking, how real her emotions is, how empathetic and smart. Her relationship with Gale and Peeta. The intense fights and emotions inside the Arena, the sounds, the senses. It's like watching a movie, but it's your mind making it. You are living everything inside with the character. Her love to her sister Plim and her avoidant attachment with her mother. The throat cutting fights with Peeta, and Rue's death. The poor vibes that Katniss had, the author's ability to show you genuine poor emotions were so realistic. The fake relationship with Peeta and the media thing made me disgusted but yk, the lovely dystopic things I love. The whole novel fits well with the survival romance theme. 10 outta 10.

5/22/2024
I'm excited to read the rest of the trilogy and watch the movie.

Gonna save the bigg ass review for the last book, MockingJay. So excited for that bitch...

Loved the book and the way Mark gave u his ideas.

قال الناس إن أوڤ رأى العالم بالأبيض والأسود. لكنها هي كانت بالألوان. كانت كلّ لون عرفه.

I hated that guy called Ove at first, how one dimensional he is, how much he is attached to an old stupid Saab car, how dry he is, how rude and clear he is, how routine oriented he is, how dead he is....The more i read through the more i saw that avoidant old grandpa for his true self. The memories that made him, how repressed he was at his childhood, how strict his dad was, how he learned that the only quality that makes a man is his own words. Ove was an avoidant one dimensional person, we got to see throught the book his whole life, chapters discussing his romantic life with his wife Sonia (one of the most beautiful and warm relationships i read in a book althought Ove never spoke word of love for her, it showed on every action, it showed in every sensation) , his work life, his life routine, his parents, his beleifs. I really got attached to him so fast, i felt like i'm like him on my own way of thinking, algthough i don't judge people by whether they are riding a Volvo or a Saab, but this guy gave me permision and hope that guys like us can normaly form relationships (beautiful ones too), can form great meaningful connections. This book made me dead ass laugh at myself, especially his relationship with the random cat outside his home. Avoidance exists lol.

I loved how Partinia (his crazy neighbour, as he worded it), kept always trying to pile his walls down and she succedd at that at the end. As the story went by, Ove became less and less avoidant. Not to mention how at first he was trying to end his life on daily basis, because life without Sonia was nothing, she left him in a word that couldn't understand his language, he felt suffocated, no hope in life, he just wanted to rest beside her coffin. I loved how emotionally dead he is, that he always thought in terms of the people he loved. I like this because Sonia would love it !! Didn't imagine i would cry for you Ove, but man i love how real the story convied avoidance and how we really think from the insides. Thank you Ove for giving me that confidence.

Some quotes from the book:

«سأكون في انتظارك هنا غداً مساءً عند الساعة الثامنة. أريدك أن ترتدي بذلة، وأودّ أن تدعوني للخروج معك لتناول العشاء».

أنّ معظم الرجال هربوا من قسوة الحياة، ولكن أوڤ ركض إليها.

وقال لها إنه سيحبّها. على الرغم من أنه كان يعرف أنه لا يمكنه أن يحبّها أكثر ممّا يحبّها أصلاً.

قالت صونيا في إحدى المرّات إنّه للتمكّن من فهم رجال أمثال أوڤ ورون، يجب على المرء أن يفهم منذ البداية أنّهم رجال موجودون في الوقت الخطأ. فهم رجال يطالبون فقط بأشياء قليلة وبسيطة من الحياة؛ كما قالت. إنهم يريدون سقفاً فوق رؤوسهم، وشارعاً هادئاً، وسيارة جيدة الصنع، وامرأة ليكونوا مخلصين لها، وعملاً يكون لديهم فيه دورٌ ووظيفةٌ مناسبان، ومنزلاً تنكسر فيه الأشياءُ بفتراتٍ مُنتظمة، فيكون لديهم دائماً شيءٌ ليصلحوه بغير براعة أو يشغلوا أنفسهم به. «جميع الناس يريدون أن يعيشوا حياةً جليلة وكريمة. ويختلف معنى الكرامة بالنسبة إلى كلّ شخص». قالت صونيا.

كان كما لو أنّه لا يريد أن يتحدّث إليه الناس الآخرون، وكان يخاف من أن تمحوَ أصواتُهم المُثَرثِرة ذكرى صوتِها هي.

«إذا كان هناك شيءٌ واحدٌ يمكن أن يُكتَبَ في نَعي أوڤ عند وفاته، فهو أنه كان على الأقلّ اقتصاديّاً في استهلاك الوقود».

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