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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