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.

Winners by fredrik backman