Back

reviewed Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman: Beartown (Paperback, 2018, Simon and Schuster) 5 stars

"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked …

Never did I think I’d care so much about hockey

5 stars

Wow. This book I think is best described as a work of art. Every character, every detail, every plot twist, was so incredible in every single way. The shear amount of love and willingness to understand what it means to be human that builds up this book is absolutely insane. There was crying and rage, and then 2 minutes later I was laughing and smiling with a renewed sense of hope in humanity. I’m at a complete loss for how to even properly say how incredible this was, but I think as many people as possible should read this. For many reasons, like it is amazing and entertaining and all that. But also because no matter who you are there’s gotta be at least one character (probably more than one) who you would just learn SO MUCH from, and who would probably make you look at the world differently and think about things you’ve never even considered before. SO YEAH. 5 STARS. BEST THING IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW, AND EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED.