aquakirst 's review for:

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this is genuinely a perfect book. i want to go back and bring down the ratings of every other book i've rated 5 stars because nothing can live up to beartown

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism