Us Against You is just as captivating as Beartown. Us Against You will linger in your mind for a long time. 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. The hockey match between Beartown and Hed blows open both towns mutual contempt. We get to know the new A-team coach, Elizabeth Zackell, who completely shakes up the team and the standard way of doing things. We get to know the members of The Pack, an influential group with a deep love of hockey and a Sopranos-type attitude. There is a new spotlight on Maya’s 12 year old brother Leo and how he deals with his feelings about his sister’s rape.

There are new characters like Richard Theo, a manipulating politician with hidden motives. The reader gets a new insight into the movers and shakers, and the politics of Beartown, a town whose livelihood centers around hockey and their factory. Peter and Kira’s marriage implodes as both withdraw from each other Maya will be forever scarred by the rape Ana is dealing with an alcoholic father Benji is acting in dangerous ways to avoid facing his true self and, Bobo and Amat are living with the aftermath of their decisions made in Beartown. All of the characters that we know and love – Peter, Kira, Maya, Ana, Benji, Amat, Bobo, William, Ramona, and Sune – are reeling from the life-changing incidents that happened in Beartown.Įach are broken, sad, and coping with their struggles in different ways. We join the story as Beartown is on the verge of losing its hockey club, due to the majority of players migrating to the rival Hed team and the lack of sponsors. This is my most highly anticipated book of 2018. I received an advance copy of this book from Atria Books through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.įredrik Backman extends the story’s foundation that was laid in Beartown.

Only Fredrik Backman could get me to read a SECOND book about Hockey!

Beartown sequel