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Us Against You is still a character driven novel, but the plot isn’t as strong and it struggled to carry all these voices.

Beartown is very much a character driven book, but it still had a strong plot to carry it forward.

Backman takes us on a journey with his characters and their perspectives are all incredibly moving. But sadly, some parts of this book just didn’t work for me.Īs a standalone, Beartown offers a varied perspective of the plot.

My copy of Beartown is tabbed everywhere with quotes that I loved and I tabbed a lot of well written passages in this book as well. The novel continues in the same voice as its predecessor and it is just as lyrical and insightful. In the absence of the former team and coach, several newcomers arrive on the scene and hockey and politics become more intertwined than ever.įredrik Backman’s writing is just as beautiful as ever in this book. Most of the former Junior team has followed their coach David to Hed, but Amat, Bobo, and Benji remain behind in Beartown. Beartown is their town as much as anyone else’s and they believe they shouldn’t be made to feel unwelcome. Kevin and his family disappear overnight, but Maya’s family decides to stay. It’s summer, but everyone is anxiously awaiting to see what will happen to their beloved hockey team in the fall and Peter is worried that there may not even be a hockey club to be anxious about. Us Against You starts where Beartown leaves off. I loved Beartown just as much the second time around, but I was really nervous about this one because I didn’t think Beartown really needed a sequel and it’s easy to kill a good thing milking the cash cow too long.ĭisclaimer: Beartown spoilers below plus minor spoilers for Us Against You, but nothing you don’t learn early in the story. Thank you to Atria Books, Simon and Schuster, and Netgalley for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Īs some people might be aware (because I can’t stop talking about it), Beartown was my favourite book of 2017, so I was super happy to get an advance copy of the sequel, Us Against You, and I even re-read Beartown to get back up to speed on all the characters.