My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Basically... Eloise in Sweden. And instead of The Plaza, it's an apartment building (and along that vein: with Britt-Marie acting as a stand-in for Mr Salomone, I guess). I enjoyed Eloise... which is heavy on whimsy... not sure how I feel about this one. It's all so very whimsical...and all so very fairytale-ical. I'd put it down and find it difficult to pick up again. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it - but guess it was a bit heavier wading than I'd have liked through the fairytale sprinkled in amongst the story. What I did enjoy was how each of the side characters personalities and back-stories were teased out and woven together.
If you liked ‘Ove'... set that feeling aside, this book is not ‘Ove'.