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arielzeit 's review for:
The Winners
by Fredrik Backman
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for an advance reading copy of this book through NetGalley. I did like this novel but not as much as the first two in the trilogy, which I loved. They are all set in two tiny little towns in the icy forests of Sweden that are racked with a towering rivalry centering around hockey. The books are about community, about the ripple effects of good deeds and bad ones, especially acts of violence and sexual assault.
Why I didn't like this one as much: the author kept telling us how various young people in the book would wind up famous and successful, and it was annoying. Is that why we should be interested in young people in small obscure places? Are the young people from small obscure places who interest us bound to be famous and important some day? Also I didn't like the ending of this book, its implications about how to combat mass shootings.
But overall I always enjoy reading Frederik Backman.
Why I didn't like this one as much: the author kept telling us how various young people in the book would wind up famous and successful, and it was annoying. Is that why we should be interested in young people in small obscure places? Are the young people from small obscure places who interest us bound to be famous and important some day? Also I didn't like the ending of this book, its implications about how to combat mass shootings.
But overall I always enjoy reading Frederik Backman.