![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Honestly, it takes all three books to really develop this full and all-encompassing picture of Beartown. The thing is, to the reader, Beartown is so vivid. Beyond that, people hunt and drink and have terrible opinions. It’s desolate and freezing, and its citizens live for one thing: hockey. Beartown is this tiny town forgotten by most but comprising entire world for some. It’s the cumulative reading experience, and it’s a feeling that doesn’t happen often upon finishing a book.įirst of all is the setting. It’s something you have to experience yourself. I’ll try to cover some of the highlights, but Backman does so much right I’m not sure I could ever express everything. While I sort of missed that feel-good aspect of Backman’s work that endears me to him so much, I still found this series to be utterly masterful. Each installment ( Beartown, Us Against You, and The Winners) is really quite heavy, both thematically and in overall tone. Beartown is one of the few exceptions to this. Packed full of of hilarity and lightness, his books inspire so many good feelings it makes the difficult life and death stuff easier to process. He has this way of writing something that is extremely heavy but, typically, he does it in a way that is enjoyable and not at all an arduous experience. Of all the literary voices currently on the scene, Backman’s may not be the loudest, but his is certainly one of the most powerful. ![]()
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