The Winners
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- Author：Fredrik Backman
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Summary
‘It’s often said that winners write history， but there are no winners here’
This is a small story about big questions。
It's a story about family， community， life。
It starts with a storm - and a death。
But how does it end？
Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about。 Everyone has tried to move on， but there’s something about this place that prevents it。 The residents continue to grapple with life’s big questions: What is a family？ What is a community？ And what， if anything， are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them？
As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past， great change is on the horizon。 Someone is coming home after a long time away。 Someone will be laid to rest。 Someone will fall in love， someone will try to fix their marriage， and someone will do anything to save their children。 Someone will submit to hate， someone will fight， and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink。
So what are the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home？
Everything。
This is a small story about big questions。
It's a story about family， community， life。
It starts with a storm - and a death。
But how does it end？
Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about。 Everyone has tried to move on， but there’s something about this place that prevents it。 The residents continue to grapple with life’s big questions: What is a family？ What is a community？ And what， if anything， are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them？
As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past， great change is on the horizon。 Someone is coming home after a long time away。 Someone will be laid to rest。 Someone will fall in love， someone will try to fix their marriage， and someone will do anything to save their children。 Someone will submit to hate， someone will fight， and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink。
So what are the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home？
Everything。
Reviews
Cassie Sonnenberg
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Fredrik Backman could write a grocery list and I wouldn’t be able to put it down
Tracey Howe-koch
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This was an emotionally draining， but excellent book。 Also - I didn't even realize it was part of a trilogy before I started it。 I am not sure I can go back and read the first two as this one was so exhausting。 This was an emotionally draining， but excellent book。 Also - I didn't even realize it was part of a trilogy before I started it。 I am not sure I can go back and read the first two as this one was so exhausting。 。。。more
Niki
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Backman's style of writing is superb and if I was ever forced to declare a favourite author， he would be it。 The Winners completes the Beartown trilogy and it could probably be read as a stand alone， but I cannot fathom why a reader would do that！ The Winners circles back to the Beartown and Hed characters we know and love （and dislike）， their beloved hockey， and their sense of community and rivalry。 It starts with a dramatic and devastating storm and then spends the rest of the novel building t Backman's style of writing is superb and if I was ever forced to declare a favourite author， he would be it。 The Winners completes the Beartown trilogy and it could probably be read as a stand alone， but I cannot fathom why a reader would do that！ The Winners circles back to the Beartown and Hed characters we know and love （and dislike）， their beloved hockey， and their sense of community and rivalry。 It starts with a dramatic and devastating storm and then spends the rest of the novel building to the tragedy the reader knows is coming， just not the details。My minor complaints about The Winners are that I feel it is too long （almost 700 pages）， is a touch repetitive （especially if you had read the previous two in the series）， and I wore out of hockey by the end！ Backman's writing is so magical though and I was still very invested （and sobbing） at the end of the novel。4+ starsI tried to get this one finished as my last book of 2022， but didn't quite make it！ Honoured to have it be the first for 2023 （although I mostly read it in 2022！）。 。。。more
Lori A。
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I think we should’ve stopped at 2。 Too long， too many characters， too many platitudes。 I’m starting to notice that any book written during the pandemic is very depressing， which is the case with this one。 Not sure I can finish this one。
citesc_cu_sufletul
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Ahhhh， ce te urăsc， Backman！！！ Dar te și ador în același timp。。。
Iulia Ciobotariu-Boer
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Musai， musai de citit！Atunci când am început prima carte a trilogiei #beartown am crezut că nu îmi va plăcea， că nu voi relaționa cu personajele împătimite după un sport despre care știam prea puține… însă Backman nu scrie despre hochei， ci despre viața însăși。 O serie nu despre personaje， ci despre comunitățile în care trăim， despre cum ele sunt construite prin alegerile oamenilor ce o formează， decizii de zi cu zi， unele mici， alte mari， făcute de oameni importanți sau nebăgați in seamă。O seri Musai， musai de citit！Atunci când am început prima carte a trilogiei #beartown am crezut că nu îmi va plăcea， că nu voi relaționa cu personajele împătimite după un sport despre care știam prea puține… însă Backman nu scrie despre hochei， ci despre viața însăși。 O serie nu despre personaje， ci despre comunitățile în care trăim， despre cum ele sunt construite prin alegerile oamenilor ce o formează， decizii de zi cu zi， unele mici， alte mari， făcute de oameni importanți sau nebăgați in seamă。O serie ce sapă adânc în firea oamenilor， în care nimeni nu e doar bun sau rău， ci e produsul comunității în care trăiește împletit cu alegerile pe care le face （el și cei din jur） și visele ce pot fi realizate sau spulberate într-o singură pagină。Iubesc universul creat de Backman， e plin de pasiune și de oameni ce se luptă să ia decizia potrivită - împletește atât de natural viețile tuturor până în punctul in care nici tu， ca și cititor nu mai poți să nu tresari pentru ursul din Bjornstad。 Câtă emoție în acest final de serie și ce dor îmi va fi de aceste personaje！“Ce e viața dacă nu un șir de clipe？ Ce e râsul dacă nu o mică victorie asupra tristeții？ O secundă， doar una， când nimic nu e frânt în noi。” 。。。more
Sonia Ramirez
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If I could give this a million stars， I would。 This book is about humanity。 Humanity in its rawest most human form- ugly， dark， beautiful， fleeting moments， where no one is perfect and everyone is deeply flawed。 A lovely reminder that humanity is messy。
Maria
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So good！Broke my heart just the way it is supposed to。 My favourite quote: "Han beskyttede hele familien mod hinanden med sit eget hjerte som skjold。" So good！Broke my heart just the way it is supposed to。 My favourite quote: "Han beskyttede hele familien mod hinanden med sit eget hjerte som skjold。" 。。。more
Satyajit Chetri
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Oh， don't mind me。 I will be here ugly-crying， getting my heart ripped to shreds by the inhabitants of a hockey town。 Oh， don't mind me。 I will be here ugly-crying， getting my heart ripped to shreds by the inhabitants of a hockey town。 。。。more
Mariana Ramirez
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Crying， bawling， with snot in my nose。 This is why I love reading。
lucy ೃ✧
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this is so long。 and i loved every minute of it。 and i cried even though i knew what would happen from the first page， because the writing was that beautiful， and i couldn’t skip any of it no matter how much i wanted it to be over because it’s literally lyrical and everything is connected。 this is literally a masterpiece
Dondi David
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3。5⭐️ I loved the first two， this one was probably my least favorite of the series， but I still enjoyed it
Paula Weatherly
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It hurt me to give this book 3 stars， so I changed my rating to 4 and feel better。 I love Fredrik Backman and I am always so blown away by his insight and his style of writing。 He’s such a talented author！！！ I loved Beartown and it is probably one of my favorite books ever！ The second one was great too…but by this one， the third one， I think I’ve had enough。 21 hours was a big time investment and I struggled a little to finish。 Don’t misunderstand， it wasn’t boring and even had some unexpected t It hurt me to give this book 3 stars， so I changed my rating to 4 and feel better。 I love Fredrik Backman and I am always so blown away by his insight and his style of writing。 He’s such a talented author！！！ I loved Beartown and it is probably one of my favorite books ever！ The second one was great too…but by this one， the third one， I think I’ve had enough。 21 hours was a big time investment and I struggled a little to finish。 Don’t misunderstand， it wasn’t boring and even had some unexpected twists， it was just too long。 Too detailed。 Too much writing for as little that actually happened。 If you’ve never read a Backman book， give him a try。 Start with Beartown。 You won’t be disappointed。 🐻 🏒 。。。more
Juana Maria
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I’m not going to lie， I was both excited and nervous when I saw there was a third Beartown book。 Nervous that it wasn’t going to live up to the others and nervous for the emotional state I assumed it would leave me in anyway。Without giving anything away， was it worth the read？ Definitely。 Could the book have been a bit shorter？ Yes。 It should also maybe come with a tw for rape， at the very least。
Rachel
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I love the characters of this series so my rating is higher than what I would give for this book and story alone。 I felt like this book relied too much on eliciting emotion and foreshadowing， and was far too long。 I found much of the dialogue to be quixotic and lacking the realistic nuance of conversation， like what’s said aloud vs what isn’t， that was so skillfully done in the previous books in this series。 Regardless， I found myself thinking about the story and characters throughout the day an I love the characters of this series so my rating is higher than what I would give for this book and story alone。 I felt like this book relied too much on eliciting emotion and foreshadowing， and was far too long。 I found much of the dialogue to be quixotic and lacking the realistic nuance of conversation， like what’s said aloud vs what isn’t， that was so skillfully done in the previous books in this series。 Regardless， I found myself thinking about the story and characters throughout the day and wanting to return to hear what happens next。 。。。more
Keerthana Manoj
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Way to start off the new year with a BANG。 Owie。 The last third of the book is really what makes it。 The first large chunk is really slow and could’ve honestly been cut down a lot。 But boy is the pay-off worth it。 Time to feel empty for a few days。
Shayna Wakefield
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I feel so empty， please read this series。
Carrie
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A heavy story but beautifully written and a great ending to this trilogy。
Myriam Tremblay
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😭😭😭
Bobbi Holzworth
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An amazing and heartbreaking conclusion to the series。
Nancy
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Highly recommend this series of books！ Set in northern Sweden in 2 neighboring small， hockey absorbed towns， Backman unravels the lives of its inhabitants。 Soon to be discovered is the realization their stories are our stories and this story could be set anywhere。 A unique and masterful storyteller Backman forces us to think how we can become better。"We are a people who tell stories， who try to use stories to put what we have experienced into some sort of context， to explain what we have been fi Highly recommend this series of books！ Set in northern Sweden in 2 neighboring small， hockey absorbed towns， Backman unravels the lives of its inhabitants。 Soon to be discovered is the realization their stories are our stories and this story could be set anywhere。 A unique and masterful storyteller Backman forces us to think how we can become better。"We are a people who tell stories， who try to use stories to put what we have experienced into some sort of context， to explain what we have been fighting about in the hope that it will excuse what we have done。 But stories reveal both the very best of us and the very worst， and can one ever outweigh the other？" 。。。more
Rick
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Another great read and an interesting conclusion to thi trilogy。 Strongly recommended。
Jack Woodbury
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I do not understand the otherworldly praise this steaming mound of trauma porn is receiving。 Before the Beartown books came out， I had told a few people “I’ll read anything Backman writes。” I still love Backman’s work and respect his undeniable talent， but after slogging through what felt like a high quality teenage drama from MTV， I’m going to be a bit more choosy。
Stacy
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Beautiful ending to the series。
Maryjane Gardner
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I’m not crying！！！！ 😭😭😭Finally finished all 670 pages of this amazing ending to the Beartown trilogy。 Fredrik Backman created truly unforgettable characters that will cause you to bawl your eyes out。 I can tell so much love and care went into this story， and I so appreciate this author for sharing his talent！
elizabeth ！ ☕️
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5 - idek what to say。 this was good。 like fuck。 benji deserved better。 i think the only think i disliked about the book was it’s length i didn’t find it fully necessary for the book but other than that， it was amazing
Chris Therrien
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I am so sad this series is over。 I’ve grown to adore all of these characters。
Travis Whitt
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I could read books about Beartown forever and still be content。 A great addition to the trilogy， hopefully there is more to come。
Chaitra
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Well that's done。 Dress it up as nobly as you like it still boils down to （view spoiler）[gay people don't get happy endings （hide spoiler）]。 It's not as bad as I make it out to be， because I might be the one person who wasn't hot on the book who also immensely enjoyed the money laundering nonsense。 I loved every part of it except for Peter getting off scot free because ugh - the whole series was about people wanting to look the other way when his daughter was raped and there Peter is， not taking Well that's done。 Dress it up as nobly as you like it still boils down to （view spoiler）[gay people don't get happy endings （hide spoiler）]。 It's not as bad as I make it out to be， because I might be the one person who wasn't hot on the book who also immensely enjoyed the money laundering nonsense。 I loved every part of it except for Peter getting off scot free because ugh - the whole series was about people wanting to look the other way when his daughter was raped and there Peter is， not taking the fall right along with Tails。 It didn't matter if you were an idiot。 The rest of it I could mostly leave。 I liked the new additions - all of Johnny and Hannah's family， Big City and even Lev - but I wouldn't have minded encountering them in a different Backman book。 I would have cheered when Hannah says I finally want my daughter to go elsewhere because at least she will not be part of a generational hatred， because yes these towns are stupid， if not for the heavy foreshadowing and then confirmation that Tess comes back。 That it's also a good thing that she comes back to Beartown/Hed to fight for wronged women because there are too many of them there doesn't make me cheer for either town。 I have really not liked Backman's sports books but I read this one because I had read the previous two （and honestly everything that he has written translated to English so far） and I didn't want to miss this one。 But I am so glad that it is done and he goes back to curmudgeonly old people and kids with dogs or cats （view spoiler）[that do not die of rat poison， wtf was that！ （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Suzanne Ray
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Backman creates wonderful， very human characters， but this long novel contains too much hockey and a lot of telling rather than showing。 There is no need to talk about how much the people of his towns value hockey since it is obvious from the actions of the chartacters。 There is also no need for constant foreshadowing to keep the readers' interest （for example， we know who will live and who will die from the beginning and are constantly reminded）。 Nor do we need to be told that certain character Backman creates wonderful， very human characters， but this long novel contains too much hockey and a lot of telling rather than showing。 There is no need to talk about how much the people of his towns value hockey since it is obvious from the actions of the chartacters。 There is also no need for constant foreshadowing to keep the readers' interest （for example， we know who will live and who will die from the beginning and are constantly reminded）。 Nor do we need to be told that certain characters are tragic heroes。 If we can't see without being told， they are not really tragic heroes。 A lovely book anyway， just not a perfect one。 。。。more
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