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Beartown by Fredrik Backman
5.0
challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Devastating but incredibly insightful and moving. Just the way each of the characters’ perspectives and viewpoints is written, it’s like a look at raw humanity. Its motivations and reasoning, the effects words can have, what shame vs bravery can do, and what friendship and wanting to belonging does in both a good and bad way. So well done.