Rating: 5 stars (out of 5)
Genre: fiction
Review: One day someone decides to rob a bank. The bank in question, however, is a cashless bank, which makes robbing it kind of pointless. Flustered, the bank robber runs across the street and into an apartment building. The first open door is an apartment where there's an open house, so the bank robber accidentally takes everyone there hostage. The hostage situation is resolved with no loss of life, but the bank robber is nowhere to be found. What happened to the bank robber?
First, this is not a riddle. It's the plot of Frederik Backman's new book, and his hands, this story is funny, touching, sad, and generally un-put-downable.
Second, lest you be like me, hear "hostage situation" and think Bel Canto, be warned: this book is not like Bel Canto. It's just as good (Backman and Patchett are two of my absolute favorite authors), but the tone is very different, as is the story itself.
Told in shifting perspectives of the bank robber, various hostages, and two police officers, we get the unfolding story of the investigation in the bank robber's whereabouts, the story of the incident itself, and the backstory of some of the hostages. Put together, it forms a beautiful tapestry of love, loneliness, and hope.
FTC Disclaimer: I recieved this book from the publisher in exchange for this review.
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