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Inte alltid en dans på rosor
Tobias Karlsson berättar äntligen sin drabbande historia! Tobias är killen som aldrig kände sig hemma bland fotbollskillarna, som hellre umgicks med tjejerna i klassen och därför kallades fjolla och bög. Genom dansen fick han stunder då han kunde glömma alla plågoandar och vara sitt sanna jag – men det var också dansen som gjorde honom extra utsatt i ett mindre samhälle där man inte fick sticka ut. Tobias skildrar ärligt och naket vikten av att våga vara ärlig mot sig själv, vänskapens betydelse och hur man finner styrkan att gå vidare efter svåra händelser i livet. Med humor, självdistans och känsla berättar Tobias Karlsson om sitt liv och om dansen – och får oss alla att känna oss starkare.
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250 pages, Hardcover
Published September 5, 2019
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September 25, 2019
Such a gripping book!
I know Tobias best from the tv-show Let's Dance (Swedish version of Dancing with the Stars) and always liked him in it. He's got such a strong energy, so I was very curious when he released this book. I listened to it on audiobook which I am very happy about because he brought so much life to all the emotions. He mixes humor and happy stuff with heavy topics such as bullying and sexuality, being "outside the norm" and everything that comes with it. He's very open and the feelings are so real. I've laughed so much and cried rivers. This book was also very short, the audiobook version being around ish 6 hrs and I think the physical version is 250 something pages, so it never felt clogged down or slow or boring.
I know Tobias best from the tv-show Let's Dance (Swedish version of Dancing with the Stars) and always liked him in it. He's got such a strong energy, so I was very curious when he released this book. I listened to it on audiobook which I am very happy about because he brought so much life to all the emotions. He mixes humor and happy stuff with heavy topics such as bullying and sexuality, being "outside the norm" and everything that comes with it. He's very open and the feelings are so real. I've laughed so much and cried rivers. This book was also very short, the audiobook version being around ish 6 hrs and I think the physical version is 250 something pages, so it never felt clogged down or slow or boring.
September 19, 2019
Betyg: 4 av 5.
Biografier är ju alltid intressanta, och den här boken var inget undantag. Jag älskar ju teveprogrammet Let’s Dance, och Tobias Karlsson har alltid varit min favorit av proffsdansarna. Jag har även sett hans scenshow En dans på rosor, som också var väldigt bra.
Boken Inte alltid en dans på rosor var mycket bra och intressant. Gripande och berörande. Men även med humor i.
Kan varmt rekommendera boken.
Biografier är ju alltid intressanta, och den här boken var inget undantag. Jag älskar ju teveprogrammet Let’s Dance, och Tobias Karlsson har alltid varit min favorit av proffsdansarna. Jag har även sett hans scenshow En dans på rosor, som också var väldigt bra.
Boken Inte alltid en dans på rosor var mycket bra och intressant. Gripande och berörande. Men även med humor i.
Kan varmt rekommendera boken.
October 20, 2019
Har lyssnat på boken där Tobias själv berättar sin historia. Det gör hans livshistoria ännu starkare. Han visar upp hela bilden av sig själv i en öppenhjärtig, gripande, stark men samtidigt varm och hoppfull bok. Och trots motgångar och tvivel har han uppnått flera av sina stora drömmar. Han är fin Tobias, precis som boken. Fin och läsvärd!
April 27, 2021
Let's dance is the swedish version of Dancing with the starts. I've always been strangely obsessed with it. And I can't help but keep my fingers crossed for all the starts dancing.
But I have to say, the true stars are the professional dancers that work their asses off to make sure their partners, who they didn't know before, look their very best on the dancefloor.
And my favorite of these professional dancers, the male ones, have always been Tobias. It's something with his special smile, his eyes, and how emotionall he can be at times that just tugs at my heart-strings and somethings I can't help but cry with him when I see him cry on the screen.
It does help that he is a FANTASTIC dancer I guess.
Another artist I love, not alive anymore though, was Nils Poppe who also was a fantastic dancer. I saw an interview with his partner once, Annalisa Ericsson. Interviewer asked how she and Nils could be such fantastic dancers (they really really were an incredible pair). She just smiled and said, we danced with sandwishes in our hands and with bleeding feet, that's the price you pay.
Tobias might not have had bleeding feet, and from what I could read, had time to eat between learning all these incredible dances. But he has worked hard and sacrificed much to reach his dream. He has an incredible voice in this book. And dammit, if I didn't cry when he told about the severe bullying he had to endure during his school-years. Been there done that myself. Although I was bullied for being fat and disgusting, while he was bullied for being a dancer and gay.
The story about how he came out to his parents was heart-breaking. It really was. I can but hope that I'll be a better mom IF my daughter ends up breaking the norms in whatever way it might be.
I also laughed out loud at some of the stories he tells from behind the scenes form Let's dance. It's no wonder you end up being friends for life when you train that much and dance that much together.
To end this review (that is a bit all over the place), I can only say... READ THIS!!! It is a really good book, and now I wish I could meet Tobias in RL and give him a great big hug!
But I have to say, the true stars are the professional dancers that work their asses off to make sure their partners, who they didn't know before, look their very best on the dancefloor.
And my favorite of these professional dancers, the male ones, have always been Tobias. It's something with his special smile, his eyes, and how emotionall he can be at times that just tugs at my heart-strings and somethings I can't help but cry with him when I see him cry on the screen.
It does help that he is a FANTASTIC dancer I guess.
Another artist I love, not alive anymore though, was Nils Poppe who also was a fantastic dancer. I saw an interview with his partner once, Annalisa Ericsson. Interviewer asked how she and Nils could be such fantastic dancers (they really really were an incredible pair). She just smiled and said, we danced with sandwishes in our hands and with bleeding feet, that's the price you pay.
Tobias might not have had bleeding feet, and from what I could read, had time to eat between learning all these incredible dances. But he has worked hard and sacrificed much to reach his dream. He has an incredible voice in this book. And dammit, if I didn't cry when he told about the severe bullying he had to endure during his school-years. Been there done that myself. Although I was bullied for being fat and disgusting, while he was bullied for being a dancer and gay.
The story about how he came out to his parents was heart-breaking. It really was. I can but hope that I'll be a better mom IF my daughter ends up breaking the norms in whatever way it might be.
I also laughed out loud at some of the stories he tells from behind the scenes form Let's dance. It's no wonder you end up being friends for life when you train that much and dance that much together.
To end this review (that is a bit all over the place), I can only say... READ THIS!!! It is a really good book, and now I wish I could meet Tobias in RL and give him a great big hug!
January 26, 2021
En rakt och ärligt berättad livshistoria som berör många smärtpunkter: mobbning, utanförskap, det svåra i att ”komma ut” i för vänner och familj, sjukdom. Visst blir det patosfyllt och sentimentalt ibland, men sådana här berättelser behövs för att hjälpa och stöda personer som befinner sig i samma livssituationer.
March 3, 2020
Den här boken berörde mig verkligen, jag grät både glädjetårar och sorgtårar. Jag kunde inte sluta lyssna, det var så intressant att höra Tobias berätta om sitt liv. Alla borde lyssna på den här boken! Tack Tobias för att du så öppenhjärtigt berättat om ditt liv! ❤️
January 24, 2020
Denna bok ska lyssnas på och inte läsas. Att höra Tobias som med egna ord berättar om mobbningen, glädjeämnena och sorgerna är en känslosam berg-och-dalbana och jag kunde inte sluta lyssna. Otroligt gripande. Tårar rann både av glädje och sorg och det händer inte ofta.
September 29, 2019
Så sant som det är sagt, livet är inte alltid en dans på rosor men definitivt värt att dansas!
October 13, 2019
Tack vare uppläsaren så var detta en fantastisk historia. Han ger verkligen liv till sin egen berättelse. Tänkvärt kring utanförskap och allas lika värde!
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