Us Against You (Beartown, #2)

Posted on 03 February 2017 by Fredrik Backman

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 and 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. Read Us Against You (Beartown, #2) by Fredrik Backman – kino-fada.fr 5 Gut Wrenching, Sock it to Me Stars Some of my favorite people, live in one of the most memorable of towns and they wear their hearts on their sleeves Most however, wear their hearts on their jerseys Their Hockey Jerseys that is They used to be all the same Then something happened Something bad And now Beartown and all of its residents are divided Now it s Bear v Bull Beartown v Hed And their hearts, as well as ours have been torn apart Us Against You Peter Andersson s life has be 5 Gut Wrenching, Sock it to Me Stars Some of my favorite people, live in one of the most memorable of towns and they wear their hearts on their sleeves Most however, wear their hearts on their jerseys Their Hockey Jerseys that is They used to be all the same Then something happened Something bad And now Beartown and all of its residents are divided Now it s Bear v Bull Beartown v Hed And their hearts, as well as ours have been torn apart Us Against You Peter Anders... Have you ever seen a town fall Ours did We ll end up saying that violence came to Beartown this summer, but that will be a lie the violence was already here Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.Have you ever loved a book so much you think your heart might explode That s precisely what I feel might happen each time I pick up a Backman novel set in the world of Beartown The style of writing is wholly his own, but the aut Have you ever seen a town fall Ours did We ll end up saying that violence came to Beartown this summer, but that will be a lie the violence was already here Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.Have you ever loved a book so much you think your heart might explode That s precisely what I feel might happen each time I pick up a Backman novel set in the world of Beartown The style of writing is wholly his own, but the author manages to speak in a voice that makes you feel as if an old friend is relaying a bit of local history the story is a conundrum of comfort and unsettling suspense, gripping the reader by the heart and lungs until the final page is turned It may take awhile to breathe again though, be warned People we love will die We will bury our children beneath our most beautiful trees.I d...Where does one begin when it comes to describing an author whose books constantly amaze you to the point you cannot easily put them down for any reason other than an emergency Fredrik Backman has struck gold with the second book in the Beartown series, Us Against You After I survived a book daze last year with the series debut, I read another of his works which catapulted Backman into ...Communities are like ice, not water They don t suddenly flow in new directions because you ask them to, they change centimeter by centimeter, like glaciers Sometimes they don t move at all When winter comes to Beartown and Hed.everyone talks about Hockey Some people support the red team others the green team Both teams have had their share of wins I thought Beartown was exceptional Backman s darkest most complex book It had everything incredible stories about each of the Communities are like ice, not water They don t suddenly flow in new directions because you ask them to, they change centimeter by centimeter, like glaciers Sometimes they don t move at all When winter comes to Beartown and Hed.everyone talks about Hockey Some people support the red team others the green team Both teams have had their share of wins I thought Beartown was exceptional Backman s darkest most complex book It had everyth...4.5 stars Emotionally Gutting Us Against You is the emotionally charged sequel to Beartown Hockey still rules, but emotions are high, the town is falling apart, new friendships are formed and new enemies are made There s also a new coach, a new villain, and a new love connection Secrets are exposed, friendships crumble, and sadly some characters don t survive Most significantly, hatred has spread its ugly wings leading to horrible consequences But in the end, love conquers I just finished 4.5 stars Emotionally Gutting Us Against You is the emotionally charged sequel to Beartown Hockey still rules, but emotions are high, the town is falling apart, new friendships are fo...Beartown is a hockey town by a forest in Sweden, but that won t tell you much unless you know what it means to be a hockey town where lives are dominated by the sport and the thought of losing the team is devastating to so many In Beartown , Backman says Why does anyone care about hockey Because it tells stories Indeed it tells stories once again in this sequel This town feels familiar the place in the forest, this hockey town , a community of parents and children still reeling from Beartown is a hockey town by a forest in Sweden, but that won t tell you much unless you know what it means to be a hockey town where lives are dominated by the sport and the thought of losing the team is devastating to so many In Beartown , Backman says Why does anyone care about hockey Because it tells stories Indeed it tells stories once again in this sequel This town feels familiar the place in the forest, this hockey town , a community of parents and children still reeling from what happened there a couple of months before, characters that I came to care about I was anxious to know what has happened with them Maya, Leo , Amat, Benji , Ramona and others.Beartown is about to lose its team and the resources will go to their rivals in the town of Hed It s a loss for the Five Uncles who sit at the bar each day and now won t have anything to talk about But for others, the pain and sadness is not because of hockey It may seem that way at times but the pain that these character...we only pretend hockey is complicated, because it isn t really When you strip away all the nonsense surrounding it, the game is simple everyone gets a stick, there are two nets, two teams Us against you Frederick Backman s Beartown see my review was probably the best or second best book I read last year This story of a Swedish town that is literally obsessed with hockey, and which faces a crisis that will practically tear the town apart, surprised, delighted, and devastated me, all we only pretend hockey is complicated, because it isn t really When you strip away all the nonsense surrounding it, the game is simple everyone gets a stick, there are two nets, two teams Us against you Frederick Backman s Beartown see my review was probably the best or second best book I read last year This story of a Swedish town that is literally obsessed with hockey, and which faces a crisis that will practically tear the town apart, surprised, delighted, and devastated me, all over the course of a few short hours as I plowed through it very late one night.Given how I felt about that book, I approached the sequel, Us Against You , with a bit of trepidation Could Backman achieve magic in Beartown again Were there new stories to tell, and would they affect me with the same level of emotion and, frankly, devotion, that the first book did Once again, I plowed through...Beartown is a town struggling to survive, left shell shocked and reeling after traumatic events swept through it with the force of a destructive emotional hurricane We return to the place where hockey is loved with a religious passion, defining the community identity, with returning old and new characters Any lover of sport will love and relate to this story, and those readers that are not should know that whilst this is ostensibly about hockey, it is in reality a tale of all that it is to be Beartown is a town struggling to survive, left shell shocked ...beartownis one of my absolute favourite books see my review here , so its only fitting that 2018 is barely halfway over and i already knowus against youwill be the best book i will have read this year, if ever with each book being one half of a beautifully broken heart fredrik backman is one of the most talented storytellers i have ever read and this book is proof there is so much strength and power in his writing his words are so rich and full, that i can only read so much at a timebeartownis one of my absolute favourite books see my review here , so its only fitting that 2018 is...Us Against You by Fredrik Backman is a 2018 Atria Books publication A sullen, yet optimistic examination of a town suffering an identity crisis and the residents who must learn to adjust to a new normal While many of us became fans of Fredrik Backman because of his unique ability to weave whimisical stories, featuring quirky, but loveable characters This method of presentation often softened the darker tones With Beartown, however, Backman didn t sugarcoat the darker elements and created an e Us Against You by Fredrik Backman is a 2018 Atria Books publication A sullen, yet optimistic examination of a town suffering an identity crisis and the residents who must learn to adjust to a new normal While many of us became fans of Fredrik Backman because of his unique ability to weave whimisical stories, featuring quirky, but loveable characters This method of presentation often softened the darker tones With Beartown, however, Backman didn t sugarcoat the darker elements and created an edgier story than some were accustomed to, but one that truly resonated with many people Us Against You is the follow up novel to Beartown and deals with the fallout and ramifications of th...

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03 February 2017

Fredrik Backman