RaveThe San Francisco Chronicle[A Man Called Ove] tackle[s] the issue of unrelenting hopelessness in that uniquely Swedish way … Ove is trying to commit suicide. Then those pesky new neighbors — a young couple, with the wife a pregnant Iranian woman — come into his life. It is the first of many distractions that keep him from his task … Ove also revisits his life with his wife through a series of tender flashbacks as A Man Called Ove unfolds in a genial, quirky tone. Though our put-upon hero’s gradual realization that he has much to live for is obvious from the get-go, it still is a pleasant journey from pawn to king — spiritually speaking, of course.
