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BEARTOWN BY FREDRIK BACKMAN


Done with this and yayyy!!! Long read it was. I always wanted to sit for long and read this book but I was struck with something else and was travelling as well. I happened to read from just some 40 pages a day at maximum... to the least of single page a day. Such was my reading progress for this book unfortunately. Yeah! I know its bad. Yet, worth it folks!! .
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 
Alright, I knew that Fredrik Backman is not going to disappoint me and he didn't. Though I was not spellbound as I did when reading The Man Called Ove, this book is another obvious testimony that Fredrik is a master writer and OMG!! I just love him for his writing. I have never read such casual books as his. So this book is about a town called Beartown where hockey is everything the town depends on. Its in the outskirts and is not recognized at all. So the people is beholden with hockey to make the town popular and well known. The story is so simple and contemporary to an extent that I could imagine it happening somewhere in the real world. No drama, no chaos but trust me the story just binds you with it. Its all about true feelings of different people. It helped me discover new perspectives of life from the eyes of the characters that are diversified. Peter, Amat and Ramona are my favourites of all for their characters that I had witnessed. There are certain pages where I was slowed down a bit but soon caught up with it. I would highly recommend this if you are looking for some gentle, casual and a relaxed read. Go for it!!
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