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Us Against You

Fredrik Backman

4.42 AVERAGE


Cried like a baby.

“He had no team. So they gave him an army.”

“We’ll stand tall if you stand tall.”

Enjoyed this book even more than the first in the series- Beartown. This one had me hooked from the start because I was invested in the characters. I wanted to know what would happen. What more heartache can a community handle?
If you haven’t read Beartown you should really start with that. I also highly recommend this book and Beartown as an audiobook- reader- Marin Ireland has the perfect audio voice.

i have been warned. and still, i willingly put myself through all this. holy sht. maya and benji have my whole heart.

My Bookclub read Beartown last month and I absolutely loved it! So naturally when I learned there was a Beartown 2 I grabbed it. I will say that I think I enjoyed the first one better, but this was also very good. A couple surprises, more in-depth look at some characters from the first book, but I just preferred the first. If you haven’t read Beartown, I definitely recommend you go read that first and then come back to this.

So very good.
emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

“It’s a simple game. 
Everyone gets a stick. 
Two nets. 
Two teams.
Us against you.”

The emotional damage this book bestowed upon me.
I cried.
I don’t cry.

Touché Mr. Backman.
Touché.
dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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