Release date: June 5th, 2018
Series: Beartown #2
Pages: 448
Genre: Fiction
Series: Beartown #2
Pages: 448
Genre: Fiction
After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in Hed, take in that fact. Amidst the mounting tension between the two rivals, a surprising newcomer is handpicked to be Beartown’s new hockey coach.
Soon a new team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you’ll ever see; Benji, the intense lone wolf; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken, new ones are formed, and the enmity with Hed grows more and more acute.
As the big match approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the communities pile up and their mutual contempt grows deeper. By the time the last game is finally played, a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if, after all they’ve been through, the game they love can ever return to something simple and innocent.
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❝Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.❞
It's not a secret that I fell in love with Backman's writing and he, once again, pleasantly surprised me with this book once again. If I thought it couldn't get better than the first book ... he gladly proved me wrong.
Backman deals with many things that aren't easy to deal with: rape, politics, death, failed marriage, LGBT. This book is packed with emotions and he writes everything so beautifully, it really feels like a punch in the stomach.
It's a difficult read at times, especially because you have to expect the unexpected. Backman builds the anticipation up high, making you expect something bad, but then it turns out to not be that bad at the end. He does this a few times, so when you finally relax and when something bad happens, you think 'oh, it'll turn out good, like every other time'. But it can happen so many times before it actually doesn't turn out good at all - it turns out worse than you expected and hoped for.
I truly don't have any words for how Backman's words and books make me feel. No one compares to him and his writing and I swear I have to pause a little every time I finish reading his book, because I know that no one will come even close to him and every other book will just feel like not good enough.
I couldn't recommend his books more. He's easily and quickly became one of my favourite writers.
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