 |
|
Title: Bleachers
ISBN: 0385340877
Author:
John Grisham
Publicate Date: 2007-05-29
Publish: 2007-05-29
List Price: $12.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
 |
|
|
|
|
Amazon Lowest New Price: $6.17
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $1.49
Amazon Merchant Price: $9.60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Customer Review: |
|
1: it is my life put in a book
my mom gave me the book and told me to read it. she said this will relate to you in every way possible. as soon as i opened bleachers i was hooked until i finished the book. it reminds me of my high school football team in every aspect, the players, the traditions, how the town looks up to them, and most of all the coach. it makes me think of waking up at four in the morning and working out just to play ten games in a football season, and maybe more if your lucky. if you love football and you want to relive memories of those days on the field bleachers is a great read.
|
2: Was this already a movie?
You will ask yourself if you saw this movie? I have read other John Grisham novels and he will always be one of my favorite storytellers. However, this one didn't do much for me. Good thing I'm a big sports fan and love football. If you don't know football, you should kindly put this book down. Wouldn't put this one into a John Grisham Gift Box Set.
|
3: Good concept bad execution
Generall I love Grisham's work.
But this book seemed 'rushed' to get it out i guess is the only way to put it.
Way too much 'game' fillers, and you could tell the ending by the first 40 pages.
The revalation, was not that thrilling, expected but not the way it happened.
A football buff would enjoy this book than just the average reader, and they would only enjoy it because of the 'game' fillers.
|
4: Change of pace for Grisham (a review of the audiobook)
I, for one, am not especially enamored of Grisham's legal thrillers but I did enjoy Grisham's foray into non-legal fiction.
"Bleachers" was read by the author. Grisham's southern accent and good ol' boy style are sometimes helpful but his occassional odd emphasis and flat read can be distracting.
The book features a Bobby Knight/Woody Hayes type of small-town high school football coach - the winner of 13 Texas state championships. The coach is dying of cancer and his players are returning home to honor him and await his funeral. They meet several times on the bleachers of the field they played on, thus the title.
We see the reunion of players through the eys of Neeley, a former All-American QB who suffered a career-ending injury in college and never reached his full potential as a player. Although Neeley is our window to this workd, he is not the true focus of the book - it is the coach and the love/hate relationship his players and the town have with him.
An interesting book. This Indiana University graduate couldn't help but wonder if the alumni of Bobby Knight have similar discussions about him.
|
5: Bad reviewers are missing its merits.
There are a couple of strong messages that I felt made it worth reading, even if you aren't crazy about high school sports.
Number one: It was a relief to find out that in spite of the brevity of high school, we all tend to needlessly dwell on a few negative events that seemed so ridiculously important at the time.
Number two: Having tough coaches (or band directors or teachers, etc.) is great for your character. If I hadn't had a few barking drill sargeants in my youth, I'd probably be sitting on the front porch of my mobile home on an upholstered couch, drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette, and collecting welfare.
Give Grisham a break. This was an interesting risk in his career and I think it was worth it.
|
|
|
|
|
