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The bear who broke the world

de Justin McFarr

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There's some five star storytelling in this book that tells a tale of two brothers growing up with their mother and her feckless boyfriend in the hippie culture of Berkeley, CA in the 70's. I loved the portrayal of Steven's relationship with his little brother (protective) and his very "hands off" mother. There are some very heartwarming moments, and I liked how the author portrayed the boyfriend as not abusive, but also not exactly embracing of his role in the family.

However, I can also see why this author ended up going the self publishing route; he really didn't seem to quite know who his reader should be. The book reads more like a YA book as it is narrated by an eleven year old. However, I really couldn't get my mind around Steven being eleven. He seemed more like fifteen at a minimum with an adult perspective even for that age.

In addition, the sex, drugs and violent aspects of the book are too much for the book to be marketed as YA even though I think the story overall was one to which a teenager could relate.

Throughout the book, I was thinking four stars, but the ending seemed overly dramatic in comparison to the rest of the story. And out of character for the protagonist. The first 4/5th of this book had a more literary, realistic feel, and the final scene took me somewhere else.

All in all, I enjoyed the ride because of the very realistic portrayal of the relationships throughout most of the book . . .I was cheering for Steven the whole way (until the very last chapter). ( )
  Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 |
The retrospective nature of looking back, this grappling with the intangibility of memory, is the center of gravity in Justin McFarr’s debut novel, "The Bear Who Broke the World." The reader is always reminded how strange childhood is, how unsettling the world of adults can be when seen through the eyes of someone gaining a true awareness of the ways things really are.

Because of the themes of love and abandonment, there are many heartbreakingly sad moments in "The Bear Who Broke the World," but McFarr softens much of the tragedy through his loving depiction of Bicentennial-era Berkeley, Oakland, and Fremont. Landmarks like the UC Theater, Moe’s Books, and the Claremont Hotel remind us this is an East Bay story, while details such as Wacky Packages, Claremont/Cockrum-era X-Men comics, and the “Proud to Be” PSA’s that used to run on KTVU place us in a world that no longer exists.
afegit per JustinMcFarr | editaThe East Bay Review (Aug 1, 2017)
 
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My first memory from the summer of 1976 should have been the sound of a school bell ringing like freedom or the sun on my face as I jumped onto my dirt bike. Instead, my earliest recollection from that June was of a Thursday night spent in a neighborhood pub.
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