Anxious People

Thank you @NetGalley for the advanced reader's copy of Anxious People by Frederik Backman, this is my honest review.

“People want to be good. Deep down. Kind.” - Chapter 27

I'm finding difficulty putting my feelings together for this one, I have so many. To me deep down, this book highlights the positives in humanity, and exemplifies the truths that we all seek. All of us want to be accepted for who we are and to find kinship in those around us. Every one of us has experienced moments where we are distraught or feel like we've hit the end of the road, moments where we don't quite know what to do or don't want to go on. Backman's book Anxious People takes decisions made in these moments and exposes the importance of these decisions for both ourselves and those our decisions effect.

I loved this book with my whole heart. Backman tends to have this effect on me. His writing style is so light and his thoughts so heavy, that I found myself rotating between outright cackling and tearing up.