Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD audiobook

I thought this book was uproariously funny and enjoyed its laugh-out-loud moments. However, it was longer than it needed to be. An added bonus was learning about some leading artists that were unknown to me. The comedy connects some diverse characters in a surprising way. The story is set mainly in Sweden. The despicable, vile Victor owns an art gallery that should have belonged to his mild, younger wife, Jenny. He ignored her except when tricking her out of her inheritance and then promptly divorced her. Like Hitler, Victor abhorred modern art from the time of the Impressionists and only concentrated on realistic paintings in his gallery. His ultra-conservative right-wing views on art, race, politics, etc., align with those of Hitler. He left his only son, Kevin, in the wilds of Africa to be eaten by lions. Later, Jenny and Kevin meet by chance in Stockholm. Their mutual hatred of Victor leads to a romance and a goal of revenge. There is Hugo, who had a successful career in advertising. He left this position to establish a less competent Revenge business. Joining them is a Maasai medicine man who comes to Sweden knowing nothing about the outside world or of modern conveniences banned in his settlement. He arrives in Stockholm in the winter clad in his traditional garb and carrying tribal weapons. Misunderstandings led him into all sorts of trouble and amusing situations. Paintings by the deceased artist, Irma Stern, play a significant role in this revenge plot. I did not expect that I would not only be entertained but that this book would inform me. I had not known that Irma Stern was an actual painter of now valuable works of art. Thanks to Google, I was able to view her paintings on the internet. I was also introduced to artists whose work was destroyed mainly by Hitler's contempt towards Impressionism but was able to view a few paintings that remained. Getting even with Victor includes a goat, bags of flour, and sex toys left in his home, plus the appearance that he is forging Stern's paintings. This revenge ruins Victor's reputation, but he can live with that humiliation as he has a scheme to add to his fortune through more trickery. A hilarious, overly long, madcap comedy with unlikely connections and subplots. Thanks to the internet, I could view and learn about some works of art previously unknown to me.

3.5. Ole Mbatian a Maasai medicine man and his chief, Victor an odious so far right politically he should have been named Adolf, his ex-wife Jenny, his son Kevin and artist Irma Stern. How on earth do this disparate bunch connect??? This could only be created in the fertile mind of Jonas Jonasson! Who is out for sweet sweet revenge and why??!!This is like the Swedish equivalent of a French farce. It’s a comedy of errors from start to finish. It’s utterly mad, bonkers and as such you just have to go with the flow as it’s not meant to be in touch with any reality on this earth. The characters are good and well depicted. Victor is totally vile having no redeeming features whatsoever and his views, it goes without saying and beyond awful. Ole Mbatian is the best character in the book, I absolutely love him! His journey from Kenya to Sweden and his arrival there are the best parts of the book in my opinion. He livens up every page he is on. The Irma Stern and art elements are really good and as we progress though the novel I really like the twists and turns in that part of the storyline. The writing is definitely clever, I don’t find much to laugh at but it does raise a smile or two! Pulling off a plot line like this one takes some sort a genius, albeit a mad one 😂! However, I just can’t get past how horrible Victor is. He’s a nasty piece of work, his views are shocking, he’s a cynical, opportunistic, conniving excuse of a human being. There’s no joy when he appears on the page and hence my 3.5 rating. Overall, this is very different, it’s creative, crazy but worth reading for the escapism. It’s also worth checking out Irma Stern’s paintings which are fantastic. With thanks to NetGalley and 4th Estate, William Collins for the arc in return for an honest review.

Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson and translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson Broyles is nothing like the author's earlier mad all over the place narrative that crosses the absurd and yet, it is just as entertaining, just as engaging. Alternating between Stockholm and the Savanah in Kenya, this crazy caper stitches up a heady cocktail that looks at cultural wariness, the presence of the far right over the years that starts from individuals who refuse to be open, the world of art (painting) and how revenge though considered sweet, can go off the rails and some, certainly with hilariously crazy outcomes.Jonasson's writing is irreverent everytime: to him, there is nothing sacrosanct. So the plot line is a mad caper that leaves you laughing but realizing just what is being flagged around the madness. The character sketches, including the most minor ones in the plot and how they relate to one another bring out in the best possible way how cultures clash but can also connect people. Amidst the hilarious tone from the scenes that unravel you will end up thinking about what is it that drives people to make judgements about others different from you.This is also a homage to the art world and to the genius of Irma Sterne whose paintings are full of life with a story that stays alive and in full glory. Jonasson touches upon the capitalist intent of the art world and the people who run art galleries but there is also a humane look at how artists create and then make a legacy that remains long after they have gone. This one is for the laughs and the thoughts that you will settle down with.

As a student of literature, I’d learnt many many years ago about the “willing suspension of disbelief” that enables appreciation and enjoyment of art, that is so often, a subjective expression. Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. will do with nothing short of a willing suspension of disbelief! Jonasson has created a madcap world with a motley crew of hilarious characters ranging from the utterly vile (Victor is a terribly unidimensional villainous character), to the almost can-do-no-harm Malte. Add to this the cunning adman, Hugo, the wronged young ex-wife of vile Victor, Jenny, her lover and Victor’s unacknowledged son, Kevin, his adoptive father, the Maasai medicine man, Ole Mbatian, and you have an uproarious comedy! If you’re looking to escape into a fantastic world where good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people, and there are twists and turns, and complications, and plotting, look no further than Jonas Jonasson’s Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.

Questo libro narra una storia molto carina, divertente, simpatica e intelligente (oserei dire); alla base di tutto infatti troviamo una ricca dose di ironia, tipica dell’autore che con il suo stile tanto scorrevole, fa restare il lettore incollato alle pagine, infatti nonostante la mole, il libro si legge velocemente. L’unica pecca che ho trovato all’interno del romanzo, è la presenza di troppi personaggi, e proprio per questo più volte, durante la lettura, mi sono sentita spaesata: Jenny, la povera moglie del protagonista; Kevin il figlio sbucato dal nulla improvvisamente; il padre Masai adottivo, e infine Hugo, il capo della società "Dolce è la vendetta SpA". Con questi protagonisti e tanto altro, ne vedremo delle belle, resta a voi scoprire cosa succederà. Quale vendetta avrà la meglio?

I'm so glad I persisted past the first 50pages when I didn't know where this story was going. Once the author has introduced the main players in this book and their backstory, the pace picks up and it all comes together. What an eclectic bunch of people Johansson puts in this story.I laughed out loud for much of this book. The escapades of Maasai medicine man Ole were hysterical. You just had to dislike Victor, what a despicable person. Every character in the story had a place and a purpose to the plot. Highly recommend as a way to escape the world of COVID we are living in.

Ik heb verschrikkelijk hard gelachen om de taalkundige vondsten van Jonasson, het is zo Finkers achtig, hier moet je gewoon van houden. Ook al wordt het steeds meer een trucje, ik zal toch iedere keer weer de boeken van deze hilarische schrijver willen lezen.

** spoiler alert ** Cattle (cows and goats), clubs (the fighting kind) and jam. Three items which often appear in this book :-PIt took a bit to get into the book, in that of nearly all the characters who appear, there is a lot of history explaining how they came to the current events in the book. When you compare it to the first book of the author, it wasn't nearly as funny at first either. It didn't have that LOL quality either throughout the book.However, the writing was pleasant and all the history of the characters, explained their current behaviour very well. All the main characters were real humans, not just heroes in a book. Once all the characters were gathered, it also picked up the pace. I think I read the second half in under a day, because I wanted to know how it would all end.To me, the best parts were by far the dialogues. My favourite ones between Ole and Hugo. Those were the bits where I laughed the most. And the scene between Victor and the American whose name I already forgot. And the fact that there are different parts in the Bible which can be interpreted and used as it fits the situation. Hah!All in all, despite the whole concept about revenge, despite a character who was really an ass and eventual casualties, this was the perfect feel-good book for me. It left me with a huge smile on my face.

Zitat S. 392"Er meldete sich in einem Studienkreis in 'Aktueller internationaler Politik und Entwicklung' an......Juanita erklärte bereits in der ersten Minute der ersten Kursstunde, dass alles den Bach runterginge. Ihre Argumentation ginge von diesem Adolf aus; sie meinte, was damals in Deutschland geschehen sei, habe nichts mit Deutschen zu tun, sondern würde wieder passieren, dann aber woanders seine Anfang nehmen..."Wieder?", sagte Calander..."Ja, wieder!", sagt Juanita..."...Alles wiederholt sich ständig. Die Leute erinnern sich nicht weiter als bis vor die eigene Nase.Danach folgt ein kleiner satirischer Abriss der 2020 regierenden Despoten.Aesoph hatte damals das, was er zu sagen hatte, in Fabeln verpackt. Jonas Jonasson benutzt die Satire und überzogene Charaktere. Doch beide haben auf jeden Fall was zu sagen.

A delightful romp,as usual with Jonasson.

Nič lepšie som si v tomto období nemohla vybrať :)

I knew I wanted to read this after loving the 100 year old man and it did not disappoint. This story is essentially about a couple getting revenge on a man who has wronged them with the help of a new company that specialises in getting revenge but what ensures is a comically timeline of errors, each one more bonkers than the next.First of all you need to accept going into this that it is fiction and that 'coincidences' are going to happen left right and centre, its part of the charm of Jonasson's books. I thought the characters were a great blend and Ole really made me laugh of many occasions.

Toto bolo super! Presne take vtipno-satiricke ake od Jonassona poznáme. Autor je majstrom vo vytváraní absurdných situácii, ktoré nakoniec aj tak do seba zapadnú. Tentoraz sa zameral na priblíženie sveta umeleckej sféry a to skombinoval s príbehom o agentúre na uskutočnovanie pomsty. Veľmi ma to bavilo, veľa som sa smiala a hlavne som si pri čítaní oddýchla.