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Hundred year old man v's A man called ove??

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tactum · 16/05/2017 18:24

Read Ove last year and loved loved loved him to pieces.

I'm about 50 pages into the Hundred Year old man who fell out of the window and it seems a similar kind of book, but not as good. Am I right? Just plodding a bit and wondering if I'm going to be dissappointed.....

Can anyone help?!

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KurriKurri · 16/05/2017 21:11

I hated hundred year old man (Haven't read Ove) - but I read it for book club and half of us hated it the other half loved it - so it seems to be one of those divisive kind of books, I absolutely detested the main character, and thought the whole premise was stupid.

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Hippychickster · 16/05/2017 21:14

I've read both and I loved both. I read Ove on a night train in Vietnam last year - didn't go to sleep!

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shatteredstudentmum · 16/05/2017 21:15

I didn't like 100 year old man. Really struggled to finish it. Haven't read I've so can't compare.

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SplitInfinitive · 17/05/2017 05:55

I much preferred A Man Called Ove.

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ChessieFL · 17/05/2017 06:39

I loved Ove but ended up skim reading Hundred, just couldn't get into it.

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DarkFloodRises · 17/05/2017 06:54

I thought that A Man Called Ove was good but almost mawkish in places. The Hundred Year Old Man was just silly!

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fatowl · 17/05/2017 09:02

I've read them both and was a bit meh about Ove, but I think that it was hyped up as the most amazing book I would ever read, and while it was OK, it was forgettable IMO.
I did prefer the 100 Year Old man. I know it was far fetched, but as a read, I enjoyed it more.

Neither would make it into my top 10.
I have The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden on my to read pile, keep passing it in favour of others because didn't enjoy the 100 Year man that much.

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