I have heard a lot of great things about this book, and its movie. And I agree. This book was very meaningful and heartfelt. There is this big boy who has no home, so this rich family decide to take him in. As I said, heartfelt. He has to work through all the problems in life, and face his past which he has so gratefully forgotten. So it is meaningful in many themes laid throughout the book. The only reason I give it three stars is because it wasn’t for me.
I am not a big football fan. In fact, when anyone turns on football, I’m out of the room. I have never liked it, and that is the reason I didn’t really enjoy this book. At first I thought it was interesting, the story part at least. There are some chapters that focus and relate the history of football before Michael Oher came along. Those I did not like and for the most part didn’t understand. The story was interesting enough and kept me for most of the book. One of the only problems is that I already knew where he ended up, so it wasn’t going to be that much of a surprise for me. As the book got more into football, the more it lost me.
I would only recommend that you read this book if you play or take a particular interest in football. As you can tell by my recollection of when I read the book above, you need to have at least a little interest in football before you read this book. Maybe if you have a very open mind to it you can also read this book without wanting to abandon it not only half-way through.
Football people, this is a great book for you. I would totally recommend it for all the reasons I said above and more. It could really be a great book if you like the subject. And I hope you read it because I think this book is really in need of someone to read it who likes football and cares enough to.