Nerdy Girls Who Read

Genre: Contemporary  Contemporary Fiction / Coming-of-Age / Small-Town Drama Vibe: Suspenseful, heartfelt, artistic, nostalgic   First Impressions My Friends  by Fredrik Backman is a part coming-of-age and  part suspense novel that is full of humour, emotion, and the important friendships of youth that shape who we are. I loved it and was reminded, with nostalgia, of my own experience of that time of being a young teenager and growing up in a small town. Story Overview Set in a small seaside town where everyone knows everyone, the story follows a group of childhood friends whose lives have taken different turns, yet remain bound by the past, art,  loyalty, jealousy, and the unspoken things that bond people who grew up together. Backman reflects these relationships with humour and thoughtfulness, but also with an edge. There is a thread of tension that builds towards an unexpected conclusion.  It’s a novel about growing up and trying to make sense...