Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.” We’ll end up saying that violence came to Beartown this summer, but that will be a lie the violence was already here. “Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Similar to Beartown, where the narrator eludes to the rape long before the crime occurs, there is a constant reminder that the events of Us Against You will culminate in a fatal car accident. There is a deep divide between the towns that is exploited by a local politician named Richard Theo. Maya is still being attacked for her role in the rape, namely being a victim and telling her story, and all the best players from Beartown hockey have moved to Hed hockey under the (false) assumption Kevin would be leading the team. Kevin’s parents have divorced and his mother has taken him away from Beartown while the removal of a rapist from the community (and the narration) should be a relief it is anything but. Us Against You picks up shortly after the events of its predecessor. Beartown was a hauntingly beautiful novel and Us Against You is a near-perfect follow up. Fredrik Bachman is one of the best writers I’ve had the pleasures of encountering he excels at pushing the knife into your gut and twisting it just enough that you’re still willing to come back for more.
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