Us Against You – Beartown Book 2
Us Against You is the second novel in the Beartown series by author Fredrik Backman. All the residents of Beartown deal another blow when they learn that their beloved local hockey team is about to be disbanded. In the midst of that tension, a newcomer is chosen as the coach of Beartown’s new hockey team. As the game draws to a close, one of Beartown’s key players, residents of both towns, asks the following question. All of them have been through, is their favorite game really that simple?
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Review 1: Us Against You – Beartown Book 2 by LRM
Not My Favorite
This is probably my least favorite Frederik Blackman book. I don’t know if it’s the subject matter or the story itself. Beartown was a tad better but I certainly didn’t think it required a part two. I read/listened to Us Against You just because. And now that it’s behind me, I’ll never listen to it again.
Also, the reader read way too slow. I was glad I could speed it up by 25%; it was more bearable..
Review 2: Us Against You – Beartown Book 2 by Christopher C. Meredith
What happened??? I LOVE all of Fredrick Backman’s
What happened??? I LOVE all of Fredrick Backman’s novels. I don’t even like hockey and Beartown is one of my all time favorite books. After I read Beartown I said I didn’t want to read anything until I could read the sequel to Beartown. Well now I have and I want to know, what happened?!?!? The writing is in no way on a par with Beartown or A Man Called Ove or any of his other books. It repeats sentences over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER!! The same sentence, the same sentiment, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER. I was listening to this as an audio book, so perhaps it was worse because I couldn’t skip over the words, We Will Look back on this and remember violence, we will think this story is about violence, but it is also a love story…. we will think violence came to Beartown, but it was already there, Hockey is hockey, hockey is always fair, hockey is always unfair…. I mean, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, please do not repeat sentences and sentiments over and over and over and over. That is not how you write Fredrick Backman! Of course I am going to be waiting for the 3rd in the series, and I will read or listen to it, because I am vested in these characters, and I hope you skip all the repetitiveness next time around. I know you are sad, I know that this book was way to sad and violent for some, but for me, it was the constant repeating that did me in.
Review 3: Us Against You – Beartown Book 2 by Trudy K. Miller
A perfect compliment to Beartown as well as another great read
With the same empathy and awareness, Backman has crafted another great read. I would encourage one to read Beartown first and follow up with Us Against You. This is the fifth novel of Backman’s that I have read. Beartown , Us Against You, and A Man Called Ove, are my favorites. I am continually impressed with the author’s ability to craft his characters. One feels as if she knows these people, and there are many. Backman is able to have the multiple facets and characters of the story remain as independent tales, yet all of them coalesce into one epic story. I love the characters he builds, and how he allows them, or doesn’t allow them, to grow and change. Characters from the Beartown novel are integral in this novel, and other characters from the first book become the newer story. I learn to care about the new characters as much as I did the older ones. It’s just a great read and well worth the time and energy. I hope there are more stories in this series.
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- 01. welcome 8
- 02. 001 Chapter 01 It's Going to Be Someone's Fault 284.75
- 03. 002 Chapter 02 There Are Three Types of People 698.284
- 04. 003 Chapter 03 Like a Man 1388.22
- 05. 004 Chapter 04 Women Are Always the Problem 1133.14
- 06. 005 Chapter 05 Everyone is a Hundred Different Things 709.925
- 07. 006 Chapter 06 If There isn't a War, They Start One 1367.66
- 08. 007 Chapter 07 Start by Eating Lunch 958.663
- 09. 008 Chapter 08 When a Relationship Breaks Down 865.998
- 10. 009 Chapter 09 He's Going to Need Someone to Fight Tonight 1136.52
- 11. 010 Chapter 10 How Do You Tell Your Children 1839.18
- 12. 011 Chapter 11 One Last Chance to Be a Winner 1243.59
- 13. 012 Chapter 12 I Am Prepared to Burn in Here 1429.03
- 14. 013 Chapter 13 So They Gave Him an Army 1205.48
- 15. 014 Chapter 14 A Stranger 921.816
- 16. 015 Chapter 15 Vidar Rinnius 1092.88
- 17. 016 Chapter 16 Beartown Against the Rest 805.084
- 18. 017 Chapter 17 Smells Blood and Catches Fire 1177.52
- 19. 018 Chapter 18 A Woman 903.23
- 20. 019 Chapter 19 The Same Blue Polo Shirt 818.793
- 21. 020 Chapter 20 Shaving Cream in Your Shoes 954.585
- 22. 021 Chapter 21 He's Lying on the Ground 1046.04
- 23. 022 Chapter 22 Team Captain 995.721
- 24. 023 Chapter 23 'All it Takes for the Only Thing That Matters' 1181.64
- 25. 024 Chapter 24 But the Bear Inside Her Has Just Woken Up 1005.01
- 26. 025 Chapter 25 'Mother's Song' 1489.18
- 27. 026 Chapter 26 Whose Town Will it Be 1491.59
- 28. 027 Chapter 27 Hatred and Chaos 629.53
- 29. 028 Chapter 28 'Goddamn Homo!' 873.651
- 30. 029 Chapter 29 She Kills Him There 845.318
- 31. 030 Chapter 30 They Aren't the Kind of People Who Get Happy Endings 1278.76
- 32. 031 Chapter 31 Darkness 1239.03
- 33. 032 Chapter 32 Then He Takes the Shotgun and Goes Out into the Forest 1066.7
- 34. 033 Chapter 33 Not Waking Up 504.812
- 35. 034 Chapter 34 Violence Against a Horse on Official Service 1007.91
- 36. 035 Chapter 35 But Only if You're the Best 651.758
- 37. 036 Chapter 36 'Don't Psychopaths Go for Walks, Then' 815.42
- 38. 037 Chapter 37 What We're Capable of 981.586
- 39. 038 Chapter 38 The Game 852.43
- 40. 039 Chapter 39 Violence 1521.11
- 41. 040 Chapter 40 Always Fair. Always Unfair. 972.627
- 42. 041 Chapter 41 If You Stand Tall 723.708
- 43. 042 Chapter 42 They Take it by Storm 712.339
- 44. 043 Chapter 43 We're Everywhere 932.259
- 45. 044 Chapter 44 Storm and Longing 705.097
- 46. 045 Chapter 45 Cherry Tree 1137.3
- 47. 046 Chapter 46 We'll Say it Was a Road Accident 831.291
- 48. 047 Chapter 47 A Love Story We Will Never Forget 1564.82
- 49. 048 Chapter 48 'Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! My Baby!' 425.626
- 50. 049 Chapter 49 Everyone Gets a Stick. Two Goals. Two Teams. 1812.73
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