He hides, but he’s got a plan to emerge more victorious.
But don’t worry, he gives back just as much as he gets, and that’s why I adore him.
While he’s not attacked in the same way as she was last time (as he’d kill anyone who tried to hurt him), Benji is abused on so many more levels. The story focuses on him this time in the same respect as it did Maya last time. He’s yearning for something he can’t control. And I’m not weighing in with my opinion as it’s fiction… all meant to transport us to a world of torment and shock.Įnter my favorite character, Benji. Hopefully we all think FIRST about poor Maya, but then you wonder: Do you allow 1 person to keep suffering all in the name of saving the rest? Should the Anderssons just leave Beartown and start over, despite never having done anything wrong? It’s questions like this that plague you as you read the book - yet never ONCE does any character actually ask that. Is the attack of one girl worth losing someone who could save an entire town from bankruptcy and possible dismay. The words on the pages truly push readers to ask a simple question. What? What’s wrong with people is all I have to say. All the earlier characters are back in action, fighting to save the Beartown hockey team, protect Maya AND Kevin (her rapist). It’s extremely well-written, so it was easy and smooth, but what did that mean for the rest of the novel? Well that concern quickly disappeared because enter a smooth-talking politician playing games in the background to re-ignite the flames between Hed and Beartown all in the name of getting himself more power. Once I started reading the new book, I also realized the first 15% was a re-hash of the earlier book.
I’m not a big sports fan, and while I loved the first book, could I really become immersed in hockey again? I worked at Madison Square Garden for 10+ years and spent many a night with NY Rangers fans and players. How lucky can a guy get? When I finished it, Backman is now sitting pretty, completely unreachable for a good while, in my top 3 all-time favorite authors.Īt first I was a little worried, I must admit. Once I learned he had written a second book in the Beartown series (they are all translated from Swedish) recently, I had to read this next one… and his publisher, Atria, contacted me to see if I was interested. After I survived a book daze last year with the series debut, I read another of his works which catapulted Backman into my top 5 of favorite authors. 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.
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