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Us Against You

By: Fredrik Backman
Narrated by: John Sackville
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Against You by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville.

A small, broken town sits on the edge of a frozen lake surrounded by a forest, its wounds still raw from a tragedy that tore its fragile community in two.

Beartown has lost its way. Now the cold and dark that surround the snowbound town creep in, and so do new conflicts and tensions. What was once a friendly rivalry with the neighbouring town is beginning to turn sinister and Beartown braces itself for another tragic blow.

How far will the people of Beartown go to preserve their reputations for a second, deadly time?

Us Against You is a spell-binding exposition of small-town life in all its flawed complexity.

©2018 Fredrik Backman (P)2018 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Sports Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Heartfelt Suspense

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Incredible sequel to Beartown. Fredrik Backman is an outstanding writer. The depth of compassion and thoroughness he approaches these big issues with is mindblowing.
These books explore masculinity, in view of toxic masculinity. But there is nothing black and white here though. First book explored it more from the feminine viewpoint (and despite being a male writer he did 110%justice to it), second explored it more from the male point of view.
I have cried like never before while listening - my heart broke over and over in the most beautiful way. Catharsis is rarely reached by reading, but God knows these two made it happen.

Outstanding

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After enjoying Beartown so much, I wasn't sure I would've liked this book... Well in the end it was even better! You can't not fall in love with all the complexity of Beartown's inhabitants, although you must be prepared to see someone go and leave. Now I'm looking forward to reading part 3 of this trilogy: The Winners.

Can't wait to read volume 3 now

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Having read Beartown and Us against You I felt I was part of that world.

I never wanted it to end

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A decent story picking up themes and style of the first one written with such compassion and narrated brilliantly the story has a good sprinkling of laugh out loud humour and the changing room is especially funny.

Good 2nd book

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I thought Beartown was brilliant and am not usually a fan of sequels, but Us Against You is even better.
The themes in this book are huge - love, loss, family, friendship, power, prejudice, sport, small town struggles- and so much more. The intricate plot is woven brilliantly and characterisation developed subtly. Heartbreakingly beautiful and life affirming. Up there as one of the best books I have ever read.
My only issue was with the odd accents in the narration, but that really didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment.
Fredrik Backman has just become one of my favourite authors.

Captivating, emotional - brilliant!

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