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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

289 reviews

kadesdoorway's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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franklola's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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rijaeger02's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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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cathwest's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

Beautiful book, slow start but worth the read. I fell in love with this town. Great writing

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jstar98's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Almost DNF’d this book because the start was very very slow, even for someone who loves hockey. But I am SOOOO glad I didn’t. Wow, Backman has a way of touching on very deep issues. I will say be warned that if you have any history of SA and don’t feel completely “healed” from it, approach with caution. It gets pretty heavy into topics of victim blaming and even as someone who has never experienced it, I had to put it down a few times because it made me so upset. Unfortunately, it reflects reality. Overall, really enjoyed the book and makes a great commentary on community, power, and moral failures.

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melv32's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark tense medium-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: Yes

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shutupiamreading's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's been 3.5 years since I first read this book. I was a bit scared rereading this; scared it would not hold up to how utterly magical it felt to read this for the first time. But the truth is that it was even better than I remembered. The writing is sublime; the characters are complex; the story is so well-interwoven. I've never read anything like this book and I will sing its praises until everyone around me has read this.

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willow_knot's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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amy_harding's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Complicated

Flowed seamlessly and made me weep

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hawkguyscoffee's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A thoroughly interesting story, I couldn't take my eyes off the book the moment I got into it, Though slow paced and repetitive, these are the things that make the writer's writing style really charming and unique and what eventually you come to love. Though I don't entirely agree with many views expressed in the book, I can clearly see that it mostly tries to analyse where someone comes from and what makes them think and do what they do, even when it looks senseless to the outsiders, rather than analyse wether is was wrong or right. I also loved how even on a book so focused on the aforementioned, it still unequivocally condems things like rape, homophobia and misogyny
because, as the book itself states,

"This town doesn’t always know the difference between right and wrong, but we know the difference between good and evil"

. Another thing I thoroughly loved was it's treatment of friendships and how it was captivated perfectly in both the adults and the youngsters. Finally, I'd like to add that I loved the descriptions of both the town and the players feelings, who were so vivid you could feel the cold on your nose and the passion for the sport in your heart.

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