He's a useless drunk who hates himself.Īnd Benji… he left town for good like Maya did. There are rumors that he failed at NFL meetings, he's faking his injury, and he's not going to be a member of the team anymore. We thought Amat was over the moon after becoming the star of the hockey team. Leaving town and memories behind to find a new home and studying music didn't fix Maya! She still suffers, still lives with the haunted night, still feels the pain Kevin gave her over and over again. Yes, she left the town two years ago, just like her rapist did. We thought Maya saved her soul with her music.

She works more, has financial problems, and keeps secrets from her husband. He even misses being a father after Maya left the house. He misses being someone, the plays, the manager. He bakes bread to feed the emptiness growing inside of him. We couldn't have been more wrong! Peter struggles. We thought it was a chivalrous move when Peter left his position at the hockey club to work with his wife, Kira. This book is about corruption, abuse, rape, politics, power, money, hypocrisy, and pure rage! But it's also about the eternal flame of friendship, doing wrong things to do the right thing, love, parenthood, community, hockey, second chances, and, most importantly, forgiveness, paying your dues, and embracing your community, family, and loved ones! It's about how good people can be capable of great evil, and how evil people can be capable of great good. I kept reading because this book is not only about loss and grief it's about the power of darkness, how it takes control of ordinary people, how grudges and anger can force people to do things beyond their control.

This was shocking, this was sad, but I couldn't stop reading! I owed it to my favorite characters to go on! Tears had already started to drip down my face, my fists clenched. There was more to tell, especially with that ominous opening that warned us that something extremely ominous would rip our hearts apart! I just read the words and started to scream, 'No!!' Those words were about the fate of one of my favorite characters in this book. I was surprised when I found out the third book in the Beartown series was coming out! I thought all my favorite characters' stories had concluded, including Peter, Ramona, Maya, Anna, Benji, Amat, Bobo, and Kira… I couldn't have been more wrong! Now I can hardly enjoy any other books in comparison to 'We are Winners'! I don't have enough words to describe how much I love this book! But one thing is for sure: I haven't cried so hard in a long time! The characters Backman created will hold a special place in my heart forever!

It awakened so many different feelings in me that I didn’t know I had. Fredrik Backman ruined every other book for me by creating this extraordinary masterpiece that left me speechless! It's a dreamy reading journey for bookworms who love to lose themselves in a well-written story.

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