A review by shelby1994
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 
“Younger brothers never know what they put their big sisters through.  Anxiety hidden behind eyed, words hidden behind other words, keys to gun cabinets hidden under pillows at night “



As I become more and more obsessed with F1 - the most elitist sport besides maybe polo? - Fredrik Backman comes around and smack me on the head to remind me that the only sports worth supporting are the ones that belong to the people #ThankYouComrade. 
Picking up a few months after the climactic, trigger-happy ending of Book 1, Us Against You throws us back into the lives of this small town hockey-team, their mothers and sisters, and the politicians and neighborhood gangs that pin their hopes of survival to the team’s success. 

We Stand Tall If You Stand Tall 

The closest I can come to explaining how reading this series makes me feel is to compare it to the ‘Midnights’ release day. Clearing my morning, closing my eyes, pressing play and readying my heart to be emotionally dropkicked by Taylor Swift every 5 minutes until I’m convinced I’m just a series of heartbreaks and drunk decisions tied together by nostalgia. 

Read If:
– You’ve lost a best friend because you did some stupid shit 
– You remember the media hype, and subsequent backlash, against Michael Sam (first openly gay NFL draft pick)
– At some point you’ve been the glue holding your parents’ marriage together 

 
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