Benji is violent, stubborn, and deeply flawed and is the moral, destructive compass of the book. Without a doubt, my favourite character is Benji. Wowsers! Where to start with this one? It is a rare thing in an author to make me care so passionately about a group of characters and the town that they live in, but Backman has achieved this beautifully. When we stand together, we can bring a town back to life My Thoughts It's about how people come together - sometimes in anger, often in sorrow, but also through love. Us Against You is the story of two towns, two teams and what it means to believe in something bigger than yourself. Read my review of Beartown by Fredrik Backman Plot (From the Back Cover) By the time the last goal is scored, someone in Beartown will be dead. We had already read Beartown together and loved it, so it was fab to read this with them again.
I was lucky enough to read this with the 'Beartown Buddies' over on Instagram, a wonderful group.
It is the same characters and the plot of Beartown forms a lot of the basis of Us Against You. The first thing to say is definitely read Beartown first. Us Against You is the follow up to Beartown, which I awarded 5 glorious stars to and which made me sob. And that perfectly sums up the message of this powerfully written book. The commentators reminding us that the power of sport has the ability to unite in times when it is needed. The Danish team bravely decided to resume the match a couple of hours later and on their arrival, they were greeted with hugs from the Finnish team, and with both sets of fans chanting Christian Eriksen's name. He is now recovering thank God.įollowing these events, messages began to appear on social media and the BBC from other countries, teams and individuals all wishing for his recovery. During that time, his team-mates formed a wall around him so the medical team could work on him with some privacy, before he was quickly taken to hospital. Like much of the world, I was horrified at the events that unfurled during the Denmark vs Finland game, when a player, Christian Eriksen collapsed and received CPR at the side of the pitch.
And then over the weekend, the Euro's started. At the time of writing the review, I had a whole different start to this post about Fredrik Backman's writing and how I did not want this book to end.
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