Beartown (Beartown, #1) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Dec 28, 2017 Abby Johnson rated it liked it

Shelves: grownup_books

A much darker story than I was anticipating, this book examines what happens to a small town when a beloved young hockey star commits a terrible crime. I loved the author's book A Man Called Ove, and while this book has a lot of the heart I loved in that story, it's a much more serious book. It's got crossover potential for teens, especially teens who like gritty contemporary fiction like Exit Pursued by a Bear or Speak. ...more

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Mar 20, 2019 Kate McCartney rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, friendship, lgbtq, adult-fiction, 2019

Wow! So I read these out or order but that didn’t really ruin either book for me, they kind of stand alone ok. This book captured me just as much as it sequel! It is slow paced, not a lot of action but the characters grab me, they are all so complete. I don’t want to stop listening to the story, I need to know what is going to happen even though I KNOW what happens. What Kevin does, what he gets away with and what he loses. What happens to Maya, what she does and what she doesn’t. Who stands up ...more

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Oct 28, 2018 Kate (kate_reads_) marked it as dnf · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf-2018

DNF 50p

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Nov 11, 2018 Ally rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-challenge

I can't decide what I really think about this book. I thought the writing was kind of stilted, but perhaps that's because it wasn't originally written in English. I didn't mind the characters, but I saw the 'incident' coming a mile away and I didn't like the sort of hazy second half - like everyone was sort of dream acting. I also found myself almost skimming because I just wanted to get to some meat in the story rather than a description of the damned snowy forest yet again.

Also, I just saw whe ...more

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Sep 08, 2017 Jill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: listened

This book was amazing. I loved the uniqueness of the different characters. I got drawn into the events of the town and heads of the people. The plight of the have nots and the sad power of the wealthy. There were so many lessons on so many levels. I cried when it was over.

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