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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

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Beartown

Fredrik Backman

4.37 AVERAGE

matillda's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

sprockets's review against another edition

3.0
emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jackie9820's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

jessica_lily_18's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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louiseu's review against another edition

3.5
emotional hopeful relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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harumibibs's review against another edition

5.0
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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eliseclaus's review against another edition

3.75
inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yaymarissa's review against another edition

5.0
Characters: 5/5
Plot line: 5/5
Depth: 5/5

shubhiagarwal24's review against another edition

5.0
Oh my god.. Mindblown. Probably the first book in ages which kept me awake while I gorged one page after other. It makes you smile, shocks you, makes you angry as hell and then gives you tears too. Excellent storytelling and fabulous story.

hanakorodgers's review against another edition

3.75
tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
A good book. A really excellent translation and well fleshed themes of community and relationships. It felt kind of like reading a popular tv show - which i’m not sure is my thing. Quite timely reading it now, in Canada, following a large court case featuring NHL players…