Beartown

Some may categorize this book as "hockey literature". Or they may say it's about sport, gender, homosexuality, power, rape, class, violence, because it's all in there. For me it's about people, their emotions, thoughts, decisions, love and hate, the bonds they make with one another and those they don't. This is the first of a trilogy, I'm ready to start the second.

The depth of the characters, and the quality of the writing, made the dark side of the plot extra painful. I respect it, but it's not for me.