So, that’s in short what’s going on in the book. No one is ready to back down.Įverything clearly slowly leads to another tragedy… People are still confused, wounded and angry. To add insult to injury, the hockey team that was the center part of the community, may soon cease to exist.Ī couple of new people are coming to the town. Perhaps you’re not as different from us as you hope.”Īfter the events from the book #1 in the series, the Beartown community is left shattered.

Perhaps you wouldn’t be as brave as you think. If you’d been afraid, if you’d been forced to pick a side, if you’d known what you had to sacrifice. “It’s easy to say that we should have done everything differently, but perhaps you wouldn’t have acted differently, either. So, why not start preparing now? What It Is About Plus, the third book in the Beartown series, The Winners, should be out in October 2021 and hopefully it will be translated to English by the end of the year. I missed some of the characters so much, I was so excited (and a bit terrified) to see where they go next. Finally, a few weeks ago I started to feel like I was getting there, so I thought – now is the time. So, I put the book down and decided to make a break until I get back in the mood for something similar. Though I could see objectively that Us Against You was a great book, I didn’t enjoy the read. The problem was, I had just read several Backman’s books at the time and a few more literary fictions, and I just felt like I cannot handle one more. Or recommending it to people.Ī few months ago, I started reading the sequel, Us Against You. I read Beartown last year and I absolutely adored it! (You can check out my review here.) It became one of my favorite books of all times, I practically didn’t stop thinking about it. RATED ON GOODREADS – 4.34 of 5 Initial Thoughts GENRE – literary fiction, contemporary, sports Us Against You by Fredrik Backman – Book Details

Us against you book review