St Paul's Collegiate (Hamilton)

18,955 pages read and 1,614 team points

Savannah Patterson

1,256 pts
(1,068 pages read)
  • Us Against You

    By Fredrik Backman
    3 stars

    This is a sequel to Beartown and nice to learn more about the characters, community, and repercussions from previous events. New explorations of homophobia and grief occur. I didn’t find this as strong as the first, but still an enjoyable read.

  • Huia Short Stories 16

    By Collection
    4 stars

    A diverse collection of short stories and poetry written in English and te reo Māori. This book holds the winners and highly commended pieces of writing from the Pikihuia Awards. Wonderful to also read tauira work.

  • Beartown

    By Fredrik Backman
    4 stars

    An engaging story set in a small hockey town. Great character development with complex relationships. I enjoyed the plot as we learn about the community, its obsession with the sport, issues with toxic masculinity and how a terrible event tears the town apart. This is the first in a series so I am looking forward to reading the rest!

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