Britt-Marie is the most boring 63-year-old woman you can imagine, because she doesn't allow any disturbance in her life. Get up on time at 6 o'clock every day, have a meal at 12 o'clock, never go out after dark, and keep the sheets spotlessly clean, otherwise it is not a "civilized person's behavior." She has many, many lists, and even has a checklist to record them all to ensure that she and her husband have a safe life.
But how can life be planned with a list?
Her husband cheated on her, and her expectations for a beautiful marriage fell into pieces that could not be cleaned up. Britt-Marie is forced to leave the life she knew so well. In order to make ends meet, she accepted a job looking after an abandoned entertainment center and came to the small town of Borg, but what greeted her was a football hitting her head... From then on, a group of wild children, gangsters, drunkards and a mouse made her life chaotic. However, her life was out of control and she gained new choices and new expectations.
Reader comments
If you have a dream, go for it. Don't be afraid that it's too late and I'm too old. As long as it's not the day you die, it's never too late.
Habits and security are the prisons of life, and fear is what holds you back.
Britt Marie, a 67-year-old old lady, a kind and lovely old lady. This book is very interesting and highly recommended.
We may all be Britt Marie, experiencing an unchanging life at a certain stage and moment, but that is just one of thousands of lives. When dopamine slowly disappears, we can still continue to look for the next dopamine until we find our own serotonin. Life is so short, but it is enough for us to experience different journeys; life is so long, it is enough for us to enjoy different journeys. So, don't knock on any door, open your own car door. Even if it is not perfect and has been repaired several times, as long as there is enough oil, we can drive straight ahead.
Life is neither static nor step-by-step. Life requires dreams and enthusiasm!
This is a book of pure power
There is no sense of impurity
At Mary's age in our country, she probably retired and became a grandma, but she could still apply for jobs and be hired during a time when the Internet and social networking were developed. Although Mary's language was a bit tricky at the beginning, this did not suit her personality. Later, she gradually accepted new things, understood football and a city, and it was sublimated at the end. People in the small town knew about her Paris dream and saved money to let her realize it.
No matter what stage of life you are at, you can choose the life you want again.
The last book I will read in 2022. It is pure and full of power. It seems to be a very clichéd story, but it moved me very much. The sentence "I can drive all the way to Paris and back again." Made me feel the sincerity of the children.
We come to this world to learn, experience, be disappointed, and get what we want... New life comes and exhaustion leaves. The real meaning lies in the process in between, being a human being, being grateful, and feeling.
💙A book that I like more and more the more I read it. The narrative method in the book is like scenes from a movie, with narration and wind sounds under light music, football fields and cup games under light melodies, and the smell and mood of Britt-Marie's baking soda bubbles under white noise.
A reader who doesn't understand football and hasn't watched many football games also caught something. For example: Liverpool's overtake, Tottenham's "lies", Manchester United's winning chances, and Borg's love.
Britt-Marie was so impressed by baking soda that she unconsciously bought it while shopping. The process of being yourself is difficult but also radiant.
As a reader who has just finished reading "Grandma's Apology Letter", it was a complete surprise to click on "List Life". When I read "The Apology", my favorite character was Britt Marie. It turned out that this book was actually the sequel to Britt Marie in "The Apology". I was ecstatic...
My personal feelings about Buckman's book are as follows:
When I first saw that it was a healing novel, I thought it would be a cliché touching chicken soup, so I was hesitant to start. As a result, many reviews said that his book is both humorous and touching. Only after I actually read it did I realize that this was indeed the case. However, during the reading process, it made people feel like taking a bite of hot jam. Their hearts were sour and soft. The taste was a bit heavy, but very warm. Although I personally feel moved most of the time, the humor is really humorous. As someone who often stifles laughter while reading in the middle of the night and almost gets internal injuries...
Personally, I think the biggest feature is the clever foreshadowing and the kickback at the beginning and end. Many seemingly ordinary details with no practical significance will always reveal the real reasons behind them in the later chapters. When you see them, you will feel a sense of "wow". The simple sentence at the beginning of the chapter seemed to correspond to the small plot that appeared at the beginning. I never thought that it would also be applicable to the big move that was suppressed later in the chapter, so I finally realized that the source of shock was repetition...
In short, I guess the reason for being unconventional is that the characters have depth and the story has a sense of fate but is based on daily life. The technique of digging out layer by layer will make people feel that it has great stamina. Different from the instant feeling of ordinary chicken soup, you can only feel the real healing and touching feeling after reading the whole book. There are no absolute good guys or bad guys in his books, and (currently) there are no plots with gender bias, class bias, career bias, etc., And they also contain a lot of thoughts about people and life. All in all it's good! ! !
I'm so upset Sammy, I really like this boy [crying]
Don't live a static life, make decisions for yourself, and always do what you like. Love worthy people and do what you like
Don't live for others, age doesn't matter, be brave and be yourself
What is life?
Is it life? Then you should have the final say, just like the protagonist, living step by step and making a list.
Is it experience? It really depends on "fate", because you never know which will come first, tomorrow or the accident. The list is always disturbed by something.
Is it for people? It's also difficult, and some of the things you care about may not make sense.
Is it for yourself? But who can be so pure!
So life with a list is not a list. Life with a list is hazy. Sometimes it feels like life is like a dream, but who will wake up until the end?
Many people really long for their lives to be simple, designed, managed, and move forward step by step. But fate does not agree, and there are still many unknowns in life!
Boring. I can only give these three words. From the introduction to the beginning of the book, the protagonist is all boring. She seems to be stuck in the rules, well-organized, and has a lot of plans. She is also a person that many people will not like.
She has her own opinions and doesn't look at people's eyes. She usually goes straight and prefers to live in a corner. However, she can also do it perfectly.
As long as she wants, even at the age of 63, she can be reborn.
Boring is not always boring, maybe it will be interesting later, but if a book can insist on being boring from beginning to end, then this is actually a very interesting thing.
And some books are boring when you look at them. You may want to keep reading to see what changes there will be, or you may just leave. It may be a problem with the book, or it may be a problem with your expectations.
When my expectations were exhausted, I left.
But hold on, I promise, this book is great.
—The above was written while I was reading Chapter 7.
—To put it in simple terms, I just started watching it.
—I haven't finished reading it yet, but the last page of Chapter 7 is very good.
Finished reading.
In every story that is impressive or very good in itself, something will suddenly appear that no one can avoid, prompting me to think, without this thing that I have seen 3 or 4 times, wouldn't it be impressive?
I don't know the answer, and I'm too lazy to think about it. It's just that the last two times, that person was both unexpected and somewhat predictable.
That's it, I have said what I want to say. This book did not disappoint me, and I was looking forward to it from the beginning and finished reading the book.
However, there is still something to say. Even if there is less I want to say after reading the book, I still have more to say than before reading or only reading part of it.
Britt is a deadbeat, she's been like this her whole life, the guy who knocks down people's doors in the middle of the night for peanut butter and chocolate haha, it's easy to snicker with her mouth covered when she thinks about what she did with them.
Well, there are also parts that other readers have said, which are very humorous, super humorous, and super interesting.
A story that looks boring, has a boring protagonist, and the protagonist has always been boring, but the melody of the story gradually becomes interesting.
This book is very interesting, and the author tells a story about starting over in a relaxed way. I like the protagonist Britt-Marie very much. Her list life seems boring, but it makes me feel her seriousness and persistence. The author's portrayal of her is so delicate that I feel like I can see my own shadow. I especially hated Britt-Marie's husband, whose infidelity threw her life into chaos. However, it also gave her a chance to start over. This book made me understand that life cannot always follow a list. Sometimes, we need to bravely step out of our comfort zone to discover new possibilities.
This is the first time I read this foreign literary novel. I half understand it. The protagonist in the book is in his 40s and lives an unchanged life without the courage to change. After going through many things later, I figured it out and re-understood love and how life should be lived.
Don't knock on anyone's door tomorrow, get in your car and just drive forward!
The book describes each person's character traits in great detail. In addition, Britt Marie's transformation from an unchanged life to having the courage to start over and being brave enough to be herself
Ordinary things make people feel like the real world. Life is an experience. I love everyone who has a story [blowing kiss]
Use the teams you support to represent your respective personalities, which is fun
What's even more interesting is that Britt Marie chose to be herself among the choices of either/or. This is unparalleled bravery.
To live is to be constantly connected to the world.
Living oneself is a difficult thing. It requires changing a lot of things. It is right to give up or abandon some shackles and shackles that do not belong to you. Mary is very brave. Step by step she finds the light she truly needs in her heart. Not everyone has the courage to start over.
Even when you are old, you can do what you want, go where you want, fall in love, drink and smoke. Everyone needs to be needed, and everyone must have the courage to be themselves.
Balman's novels always have a kind of magic. Only by reading slowly can you understand the struggle and charm of the characters. Mary is a very good person, but due to the limitations of the times, her thinking and growth will take time. I hope everyone can give Mary and yourself time to read a book.
At the end of the story, I initially hoped that Mary would not knock on Kent's door, and after saying that sentence at the bank, I also hoped that Mary would not knock on Sven's door. Until the penultimate chapter, when I saw Mary knocking on a door, I hoped she was knocking on the door of the pizza parlor. But the result was really unexpected. Mary finally knocked on Sven's door, and the story was interrupted by the children. Mary, we hope you don't knock on anyone's door and open your own car door.
A life list stipulates your schedule for one day, one month, and one quarter, which is rigid and boring. It arranges what to do on a certain day and at a certain time, but life is ever-changing, so it is impossible to keep it unchanged.
In the book, Britt Marie lived her life according to the list day after day, until she was abandoned by Kent and slowly woke up. Tableware is not necessarily arranged according to standards. Life is more than loving friends and family. Maslow needs in life also include the highest level of self-needs. Choose to fulfill your dream and go to Paris instead of catering to other people's needs to be a "good wife" and "a good place to live." The girl in the labor dispatch office never refuses Britt Marie's calls and patiently listens to the reason why Britt Marie calls because she loves this career and listens to other people's life stories.
The storyline can be a bit boring, but life is like that too, you never know what you're going to face at the next moment. There is no need to customize a list. To have a dream, even if it is trivial, you must slowly realize it on the way to realizing your dream. Finally, please love life and yourself.
It is very immersive, and overall fresh and daily. It tells the story of Britt Marie slowly getting out of her stubbornness, from being overly dependent on others, and slowly moving towards independence. There is no ups and downs in the whole story, it is plain but very warm. I feel that it is a very happy thing to read novels and see myself. I always "coincide" with the heroine, and I feel a bit criticized, but the review atmosphere of this book is very friendly, and I feel inspired. Overall a very good novel!
God, this book deserves the best.
"Mary, I'm sorry, I never told you that Kent doesn't deserve you, because you deserve better, even if you are an old woman." The apology letter from her grandmother's son led to the 67-year-old Britt Marie to break the list of life. If you have a dream, just act on it. Don't worry about it being too late. I am too old. As long as you don't die, it's never too late. When dopamine disappears, we start looking for the next dopamine until we find our own serotonin!
Habits and comfort are the cages, fear will hold you back. When you reach a certain age, all the doubts in life can be condensed into one question: How should I live?
When I read the book towards the end, I expected the ending to be that Mary chose Sven and then stayed with the children in Borg. However, the book ends with Mary setting off on her own, with the help of her children, heading for the Paris of her dreams. Mary, who had been insignificant in the eyes of others all her life, found herself. A new life at the age of 63 is also worth looking forward to!
If you have a dream, go for it. Don't be afraid that it's too late and I'm too old. As long as it's not the day you die, it's never too late. Habits and security are the prisons of life, and fear is what holds you back. Britt Marie, a 67-year-old old lady, a kind and lovely old lady. This book is very interesting and highly recommended.
We may all be Britt Marie, experiencing an unchanging life at a certain stage and moment, but that is just one of thousands of lives. When dopamine slowly disappears, we can still continue to look for the next dopamine until we find our own serotonin. Life is so short, but it is enough for us to experience different journeys; life is so long, it is enough for us to enjoy different journeys. So, don't knock on any door, open your own car door. Even if it is not perfect and has been repaired several times, as long as there is enough oil, we can drive straight ahead.
Life is neither static nor step-by-step. Life requires dreams and enthusiasm!
This is a book of pure power There is no sense of impurity At Mary's age in our country, she probably retired and became a grandma, but she could still apply for jobs and be hired during a time when the Internet and social networking were developed. Although Mary's language was a bit tricky at the beginning, this did not suit her personality. Later, she gradually accepted new things, understood football and a city, and it was sublimated at the end. People in the small town knew about her Paris dream and saved money to let her realize it.
No matter what stage of life you are at, you can choose the life you want again.
The last book I will read in 2022. It is pure and full of power. It seems to be a very clichéd story, but it moved me very much. The sentence "I can drive all the way to Paris and back again." Made me feel the sincerity of the children. We come to this world to learn, experience, be disappointed, and get what we want... New life comes and exhaustion leaves. The real meaning lies in the process in between, being a human being, being grateful, and feeling.
💙A book that I like more and more the more I read it. The narrative method in the book is like scenes from a movie, with narration and wind sounds under light music, football fields and cup games under light melodies, and the smell and mood of Britt-Marie's baking soda bubbles under white noise. A reader who doesn't understand football and hasn't watched many football games also caught something. For example: Liverpool's overtake, Tottenham's "lies", Manchester United's winning chances, and Borg's love. Britt-Marie was so impressed by baking soda that she unconsciously bought it while shopping. The process of being yourself is difficult but also radiant.
As a reader who has just finished reading "Grandma's Apology Letter", it was a complete surprise to click on "List Life". When I read "The Apology", my favorite character was Britt Marie. It turned out that this book was actually the sequel to Britt Marie in "The Apology". I was ecstatic... My personal feelings about Buckman's book are as follows: When I first saw that it was a healing novel, I thought it would be a cliché touching chicken soup, so I was hesitant to start. As a result, many reviews said that his book is both humorous and touching. Only after I actually read it did I realize that this was indeed the case. However, during the reading process, it made people feel like taking a bite of hot jam. Their hearts were sour and soft. The taste was a bit heavy, but very warm. Although I personally feel moved most of the time, the humor is really humorous. As someone who often stifles laughter while reading in the middle of the night and almost gets internal injuries... Personally, I think the biggest feature is the clever foreshadowing and the kickback at the beginning and end. Many seemingly ordinary details with no practical significance will always reveal the real reasons behind them in the later chapters. When you see them, you will feel a sense of "wow". The simple sentence at the beginning of the chapter seemed to correspond to the small plot that appeared at the beginning. I never thought that it would also be applicable to the big move that was suppressed later in the chapter, so I finally realized that the source of shock was repetition... In short, I guess the reason for being unconventional is that the characters have depth and the story has a sense of fate but is based on daily life. The technique of digging out layer by layer will make people feel that it has great stamina. Different from the instant feeling of ordinary chicken soup, you can only feel the real healing and touching feeling after reading the whole book. There are no absolute good guys or bad guys in his books, and (currently) there are no plots with gender bias, class bias, career bias, etc., And they also contain a lot of thoughts about people and life. All in all it's good! ! !
I'm so upset Sammy, I really like this boy [crying]
Don't live a static life, make decisions for yourself, and always do what you like. Love worthy people and do what you like
Don't live for others, age doesn't matter, be brave and be yourself
What is life? Is it life? Then you should have the final say, just like the protagonist, living step by step and making a list. Is it experience? It really depends on "fate", because you never know which will come first, tomorrow or the accident. The list is always disturbed by something. Is it for people? It's also difficult, and some of the things you care about may not make sense. Is it for yourself? But who can be so pure! So life with a list is not a list. Life with a list is hazy. Sometimes it feels like life is like a dream, but who will wake up until the end? Many people really long for their lives to be simple, designed, managed, and move forward step by step. But fate does not agree, and there are still many unknowns in life!
Boring. I can only give these three words. From the introduction to the beginning of the book, the protagonist is all boring. She seems to be stuck in the rules, well-organized, and has a lot of plans. She is also a person that many people will not like. She has her own opinions and doesn't look at people's eyes. She usually goes straight and prefers to live in a corner. However, she can also do it perfectly. As long as she wants, even at the age of 63, she can be reborn. Boring is not always boring, maybe it will be interesting later, but if a book can insist on being boring from beginning to end, then this is actually a very interesting thing. And some books are boring when you look at them. You may want to keep reading to see what changes there will be, or you may just leave. It may be a problem with the book, or it may be a problem with your expectations. When my expectations were exhausted, I left. But hold on, I promise, this book is great. —The above was written while I was reading Chapter 7. —To put it in simple terms, I just started watching it. —I haven't finished reading it yet, but the last page of Chapter 7 is very good. Finished reading. In every story that is impressive or very good in itself, something will suddenly appear that no one can avoid, prompting me to think, without this thing that I have seen 3 or 4 times, wouldn't it be impressive? I don't know the answer, and I'm too lazy to think about it. It's just that the last two times, that person was both unexpected and somewhat predictable. That's it, I have said what I want to say. This book did not disappoint me, and I was looking forward to it from the beginning and finished reading the book. However, there is still something to say. Even if there is less I want to say after reading the book, I still have more to say than before reading or only reading part of it. Britt is a deadbeat, she's been like this her whole life, the guy who knocks down people's doors in the middle of the night for peanut butter and chocolate haha, it's easy to snicker with her mouth covered when she thinks about what she did with them. Well, there are also parts that other readers have said, which are very humorous, super humorous, and super interesting. A story that looks boring, has a boring protagonist, and the protagonist has always been boring, but the melody of the story gradually becomes interesting.
This book is very interesting, and the author tells a story about starting over in a relaxed way. I like the protagonist Britt-Marie very much. Her list life seems boring, but it makes me feel her seriousness and persistence. The author's portrayal of her is so delicate that I feel like I can see my own shadow. I especially hated Britt-Marie's husband, whose infidelity threw her life into chaos. However, it also gave her a chance to start over. This book made me understand that life cannot always follow a list. Sometimes, we need to bravely step out of our comfort zone to discover new possibilities.
This is the first time I read this foreign literary novel. I half understand it. The protagonist in the book is in his 40s and lives an unchanged life without the courage to change. After going through many things later, I figured it out and re-understood love and how life should be lived.
Don't knock on anyone's door tomorrow, get in your car and just drive forward!
The book describes each person's character traits in great detail. In addition, Britt Marie's transformation from an unchanged life to having the courage to start over and being brave enough to be herself
Ordinary things make people feel like the real world. Life is an experience. I love everyone who has a story [blowing kiss]
Use the teams you support to represent your respective personalities, which is fun What's even more interesting is that Britt Marie chose to be herself among the choices of either/or. This is unparalleled bravery.
To live is to be constantly connected to the world.
Living oneself is a difficult thing. It requires changing a lot of things. It is right to give up or abandon some shackles and shackles that do not belong to you. Mary is very brave. Step by step she finds the light she truly needs in her heart. Not everyone has the courage to start over.
Even when you are old, you can do what you want, go where you want, fall in love, drink and smoke. Everyone needs to be needed, and everyone must have the courage to be themselves.
Balman's novels always have a kind of magic. Only by reading slowly can you understand the struggle and charm of the characters. Mary is a very good person, but due to the limitations of the times, her thinking and growth will take time. I hope everyone can give Mary and yourself time to read a book. At the end of the story, I initially hoped that Mary would not knock on Kent's door, and after saying that sentence at the bank, I also hoped that Mary would not knock on Sven's door. Until the penultimate chapter, when I saw Mary knocking on a door, I hoped she was knocking on the door of the pizza parlor. But the result was really unexpected. Mary finally knocked on Sven's door, and the story was interrupted by the children. Mary, we hope you don't knock on anyone's door and open your own car door.
A life list stipulates your schedule for one day, one month, and one quarter, which is rigid and boring. It arranges what to do on a certain day and at a certain time, but life is ever-changing, so it is impossible to keep it unchanged. In the book, Britt Marie lived her life according to the list day after day, until she was abandoned by Kent and slowly woke up. Tableware is not necessarily arranged according to standards. Life is more than loving friends and family. Maslow needs in life also include the highest level of self-needs. Choose to fulfill your dream and go to Paris instead of catering to other people's needs to be a "good wife" and "a good place to live." The girl in the labor dispatch office never refuses Britt Marie's calls and patiently listens to the reason why Britt Marie calls because she loves this career and listens to other people's life stories. The storyline can be a bit boring, but life is like that too, you never know what you're going to face at the next moment. There is no need to customize a list. To have a dream, even if it is trivial, you must slowly realize it on the way to realizing your dream. Finally, please love life and yourself.
It is very immersive, and overall fresh and daily. It tells the story of Britt Marie slowly getting out of her stubbornness, from being overly dependent on others, and slowly moving towards independence. There is no ups and downs in the whole story, it is plain but very warm. I feel that it is a very happy thing to read novels and see myself. I always "coincide" with the heroine, and I feel a bit criticized, but the review atmosphere of this book is very friendly, and I feel inspired. Overall a very good novel!
God, this book deserves the best.
"Mary, I'm sorry, I never told you that Kent doesn't deserve you, because you deserve better, even if you are an old woman." The apology letter from her grandmother's son led to the 67-year-old Britt Marie to break the list of life. If you have a dream, just act on it. Don't worry about it being too late. I am too old. As long as you don't die, it's never too late. When dopamine disappears, we start looking for the next dopamine until we find our own serotonin! Habits and comfort are the cages, fear will hold you back. When you reach a certain age, all the doubts in life can be condensed into one question: How should I live?
When I read the book towards the end, I expected the ending to be that Mary chose Sven and then stayed with the children in Borg. However, the book ends with Mary setting off on her own, with the help of her children, heading for the Paris of her dreams. Mary, who had been insignificant in the eyes of others all her life, found herself. A new life at the age of 63 is also worth looking forward to!
Very beautiful, worth seeing
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