Not what I expected. Not bad but not the best either. I think I had a different idea of what this book would be before I started reading it and that's why I didnt like it as much. I did enjoy all the stuff about the history of football.

This book made a topic (sports) I have no interest in interesting.

Book about Michael Oher, a poor, black kid from Memphis who joined the NFL. I learned a lot about football and the left tackle and the strategies. But also a lot about the inequalities in America. And the unfairness of the college athletic scholarship.

This book was on a list of 15 books recommended by Malcolm Gladwell, whom I admire. It is not something I would have picked up on my own, but I enjoyed it.

The book is about a football player named Michael Oher - it was also made into a movie by the same name. Michael is a success story, chronicling the voyage of a destitute black kid who - by a series of fortuitous chances - manages to change his life for the better and make it to the NFL.

It is also an astute look at the evolution - and growing importance - of the position of offensive left tackle. The offensive left tackle is the primary player responsible for protecting [right-handed] quarterbacks from being sacked on their blind side while they are preparing a pass.

The book provides an inspirational look at what is possible when people band together to help someone less fortunate.

Love it. Love Michael Lewis's stuff.
The organization (sequencing) of the book seemed weird to me--a little disjointed--but the story is still great.

The book is good. The movie is extraordinarily bad.

Such a good story. I'd already seen the movie, but I really enjoyed the book as well. After reading, I think the movie did a great job of interpreting the characters. The football history was interesting, but the writing was a little clunky on those parts.

I knew about as much as I did about Football before reading this book as I did about Wall Street before reading Liar's Poker. Michael Lewis is always a pleasure to read.