my grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry by Fredrik Backman

I really wanted to like this as much as I loved A Man Called Ove but as funny and delightful as the 7 year old protagonist is, it just didn't completely work for me.  Elsa's best and only friend is her grandmother.  Together they have created a fantasy world that helps Elsa cope with a real world she finds difficult.  Extremely bright and creative, she doesn't fit in with her 2nd grade classmates.  She shares an apartment with her very very busy, very very pregnant Mom and her step dad.  The building is full of quirky characters which are both a source of humor and compassion in the story.  When Grandma dies, Elsa is sent on a treasure hunt to deliver a series of letters to residents of the apartment building.  Secrets, connections and histories are all revealed in an elaborately tangled fashion.  That was all good and the grandmother was a kick.  What got in my way was Elsa's fantasy tales which I found more of an interruption than a source of enlightenment. Also for some reason the 3rd person omniscient voice was too much like Elsa's own. It was too much Elsa's story to not be in 1st person.  Still, there was enough to like that I would give a third novel by the author a chance.