I really enjoyed this book and I think reading it during this election season gave me a different perspective and deeper appreciation for it than if I had read it a year or two ago. Ove's story made me more empathetic to older generations and helped me understand some of the everyday struggles they face in a fast-paced and ever changing society. Everything I had heard about this book described it as sweet and heart-warming, which it is at times. I wasn't sure that I wanted to keep going past the first chapter, which features Ove at the Apple Store giving the young sales associate a really hard time. When you've been on the receiving end of an interaction like that, it's not endearing. At all. Ove reminded me a lot of vocal older white male Trump supporters, so I wasn't inclined to like him. BUT, that being said, his character goes through a really beautiful transformation and learns to open up his heart and make more room for people in his life. I definitely cried at the end. I highly recommend it.