Beartown

Wowie. I demolished this book. Very well-written about such nuanced topics. I'm not sure how one tackles class, race, privilege, abuse, queerness and small-town loyalty all in one book and still have it be cohesive, but this book did it.

It felt very true and very real and also very bittersweet. There were many hard pills to swallow but the author didn't feel the need to clean them away, which I appreciated.

Not sure I need more books in the series—not sure there even needed to be a series?? But this one is perfect.