Hundred year old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared

The main story was fun. The back story, less so. It was almost as if the author wrote the main story, realized it wasn't enough for a book, and so filled the rest of the book with something taken from Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

Didn't finish Forest Gump at a hundred. Not for me.

This must be the worst book I ever read. The story is not funny, it is like a five-year old trying to come up with his own version of Forrest Gump, while hopped up on sugar. I'm left with nothing but questions: How did this book get so many good reviews? Why is there an elephant? How can this possibly be a movie? Are all Swedes crazy? What is the point that the author wanted to make? Why did I read the whole thing?

Amazing story. If you liked Forrest Gump then you'll love this, the influences Allan has had in the last hundred years, it is so believable that things could possibly be true. It is hard to review this without including spoilers.

Whilst reading this I was constantly checking the plot trying to find holes but Jonas has done a great job making sure that I fail.

Allan is now by far my favourite character in a book and it would be amazing if this was to be made into a TV series.

The title is brilliant and is what first made me pick it up, if it had less of a title then I could have missed this.

Gonna need a good book to read next, can tell that everything is gonna be a bit dull now.

Really enjoyed this silly, feel good, book that has a healthy dose of the absurd.

Völlig überbewertet. Geschichte ganz gut und witzig - aber die Gefühle fehlen mir total!

Wonderful, brilliant, witty, amusing, fascinating, excellent.

This is a book that has a good if fanciful storyline, and a really nice style - it's almost as if it is a childrens' book (it isn't) and it's wonderfully heartwarming to read. I loved this book, and couldn't put it down.

There's little more that I can add, to be honest, without giving away too much of the plot: but I would recommend that you read it. I would give it six stars if I could. Or even more. Eight, maybe. Or twenty-seven.

It's a light and easy book to read, and - as always - I read it on the Kindle, which copes perfectly with it.

If you read only one book this year, make it this one. I know lots of people say things like this, but really, genuinely, this book is worth that rather hackneyed phrase.

Wonderful.