A review by emilyheltzel
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

5.0

I bought Beartown and its sequel without even reading the descriptions, because that’s how highly I think of Fredrik Backman. The tone is a departure from A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, but my faith in him was not misplaced. Backman’s writing makes me want to learn Swedish so that I can read his books in their original language. His understanding of people and his ability to pour this understanding into messy, complicated, human characters is unmatched.