Us Against You
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Narrated by:
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John Sackville
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By:
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Fredrik Backman
About this listen
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.
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- Stephen
- 04-01-19
Brilliant
wasn't sure if I wanted a second book after the first was so very good but this does not dissapoint. absolutely brilliant story that should be listened to again and again.
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- Pinkbelly
- 31-01-23
Second book in the Beartown trilogy
Loved it, like I love all of Backman’s books.
So great to read books with wonderful, neurodivergent characters, beautiful prose that make your heart & emotions soar and sink in equal measure.
He makes me want to write.
Beautifully narrated by JS too.
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- wilmahatfit
- 18-01-22
Brilliant
Complex, insightful, not always an easy listen but well worth it. I loved A Man Called Ove. This is very different but I won't stop now until I've tracked down all his books
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- Cazza
- 13-08-19
Excellent sequal
Loved every minute. Backman is a genius when it comes to writing characters you really care about.
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- Lucy Thorpe
- 19-01-22
Worthwhile Sequel
This sequel to Beartown doesn’t disappoint - Fredrick Backman’s detached descriptive style ensures the emotional storylines pack a punch. The audio performance is also top notch - highly recommend if you want a relatively easy listen which is none the less thought provoking.
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- Jackie
- 15-11-18
brilliant .
my new favourite author . will be buying his books as Christmas presents. listening again.
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- Chrissy
- 21-12-22
Hopeful, candid, ultimately uplifting.
Deceptively simple, straightforward writing bringing out anything but simple human lives woven in and around each other. A community glued together by ice hockey BUT don’t be put off if you have no idea about ice hockey. You don’t need to. I still don’t. However, if you like the reality of humans and community without mawkish sentiment and angst but oh - so - truthful, then I totally recommend this, just brace yourself for bursts of OTT bad language. I’m off to find out if there’s another about Beartown.
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- Claire P.
- 03-02-23
loved it
The characters so in-depth, interesting and real, not like the the two dimensional characters in most fiction.
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- Eleonora
- 13-11-23
Can't wait to read volume 3 now
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-24
Consuming read
So I read the first book in this series and then decided to listen to the second not sure which way I’ll opt for consuming the third….
I really enjoyed both books and would highly recommend them, which ever way you choose to devour them.
The way the author threads together the plot, via each a complex array of character personality, actions and motivation then hangs it on a town with an ice hockey rink, is a work of art!
I have scored the performance 3 stars, not because of the voice actors abilities (he did a great job) but because in my head Beartown is located in Canada or a
Nordic country and the English accent(s) just seemed mismatched. I felt that the second book has less moments that lightened the content than the first and I am not sure if that was down to the tone of the narrators voice or if the content of the book was slightly darker.
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