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A review by bkpedersen13
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
5.0
Why does anyone love team sports? Because we want to be part of a group? For some people the answer is simply that a team is a family.
Another amazing book by Fredrik Backman! Family, marriage, friendship, love, loss, sports, enemies, community... the list could go on for the million relatable storylines in the Beartown series. I felt like this one was even better than Beartown, #1.
What’s love if we aren’t prepared to make sacrifices?
Backman does an unbelievable job of character develop. I was constantly wanting more, oh and the emotions were a whirlwind! From rooting for Maya and Ana's friendship to constantly wanting Richard Theo's plan to fall apart to hoping Leo, Benji, Bobo, Amat, Zacharias would find their happy endings.
you have to be a good friend to the kids who haven’t got any friends. And you have to defend the ones who are weaker. Even when it’s hard, even when you think it’s a nuisance, even when you’re scared. You always have to be a good friend
The other aspect I love about how he wrote this book was that he gave you 1 or 2 sentences that gave you pieces of what might happen in the future without giving anything away. He kept creating that cliffhanger that doesn't allow you to put the book down. I often fall asleep reading at night after about 20 pages, the last 80 pages I read in one night, I couldn't put it down!
Love and hate. Joy and sorrow. Anger and forgiveness. Sports carry the promise that we can have everything tonight. Only sports can do that.
Sports have always been a huge part of my life, this book is all about hockey but you could replace hockey with any sport you love and it fits.
All sports are fairy tales, that’s why we lose ourselves in them.
Another amazing book by Fredrik Backman! Family, marriage, friendship, love, loss, sports, enemies, community... the list could go on for the million relatable storylines in the Beartown series. I felt like this one was even better than Beartown, #1.
What’s love if we aren’t prepared to make sacrifices?
Backman does an unbelievable job of character develop. I was constantly wanting more, oh and the emotions were a whirlwind! From rooting for Maya and Ana's friendship to constantly wanting Richard Theo's plan to fall apart to hoping Leo, Benji, Bobo, Amat, Zacharias would find their happy endings.
you have to be a good friend to the kids who haven’t got any friends. And you have to defend the ones who are weaker. Even when it’s hard, even when you think it’s a nuisance, even when you’re scared. You always have to be a good friend
The other aspect I love about how he wrote this book was that he gave you 1 or 2 sentences that gave you pieces of what might happen in the future without giving anything away. He kept creating that cliffhanger that doesn't allow you to put the book down. I often fall asleep reading at night after about 20 pages, the last 80 pages I read in one night, I couldn't put it down!
Love and hate. Joy and sorrow. Anger and forgiveness. Sports carry the promise that we can have everything tonight. Only sports can do that.
Sports have always been a huge part of my life, this book is all about hockey but you could replace hockey with any sport you love and it fits.
All sports are fairy tales, that’s why we lose ourselves in them.