The conclusion of the Beartown series, is just as brilliant, as the first two books. Backman's has an extraordinary ability to create not characters, but people. The populations of Beartown and Hed are living, breathing, feeling flawed and wonderful people, and we, the reader, have been lucky enough to visit with them. We've been moved by their tragedies, we've been amazed by their selfishness and immaturity, horrified by their lack of humanity, and awed by their humanity. Backman is an astonishing conduit of the human condition and we are all the better for his work.
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