A review by mousmoulo
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

this was an absolute masterpiece. every single character felt so real it was hard to believe they're plainly fictional. the book deals with very difficult topics in a manner that's both incredibly compassionate and utterly realistic. it's as infuriating as it is depressing as it is human. i'm just really glad for the hopeful ending because i would've pulled my hair out one strand at a time if it wasn't.

minus half a star for the amount of times i threw the book across the room in complete and utter frustration, it was hard to keep reading at times. way. too. realistic. which isn't the book's fault.

i'll take a little break before reading continuing the trilogy because i need time to process this lol
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