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| Quote: Billinge Wires "Its poor imo. Not a patch on mozs and it flits from one bit to another in a confusing manner. It does just not read well imo.'"
My thoughts too. The book doesn't flow and jumps around his career which makes it a difficult read. Some of the content (his 'present' from Chris Morley for example) should have left out altogether. Dissapointing on the whole.
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| Very disjointed, can only echo what's been said. Moz's was a brilliant read but this isn't a patch on it. Still worth a go for any Warrington fans, maybe RL fans in general at a push but outside of that I wouldn't bother.
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| Enjoyed reading it but the ghost writer/publisher did a pretty poor job. Difficult to follow at times and quite a few spelling/grammar mistakes.
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| I concur... the Morley book is terrific, inspirational and shows what a true professional and model player he grew into.
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| Quote: Ganson's Optician "Enjoyed reading it but the ghost writer/publisher did a pretty poor job. Difficult to follow at times and quite a few spelling/grammar mistakes.'"
Oh yes... the Warrington legend 'Alfie Langar' for one.
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| Unfortunately the quality of rugby league autobiographies in general is quite poor. The mindset of the writers that help them put these books together seems to be "put together a collection of stories of nights on the lash". It doesn't promote a good image of RL unfortunately or its target audience.
Mike Gregory's book was a good one and had the balance right. There were some good anecdotes about stuff him and the Warrington players of the day got up to but it wasn't like a diary of stag dos.
Not sure what the Aussie players books are like as they are a bit expensive to get over here but I have read a few cricket autobiographies and the Aussie cricketers' books are always done more professionally than the England cricketers' books.
The main traps some players fall in to with their autobiographies:
- they are just a chronological boring recount of what happened in games (we played them and got a good win then had a tough away fixture at zzzz)
- they overdo the family thing (my family is the most important thing in the world to me, my sport comes second, everything I have done is for my wife and kids.....)
- they play it safe and don't reveal any real opinions just praise their mates
A good autobiography should really contain stuff that fans wouldn't otherwise have known....not things that are sensationalised for effect, but players offering their insights and thoughts that reveal things. Alex Ferguson's book was criticised recently but both of his two autobiographies were good and at least you get a feel of what his views were on Rooney, RVN etc.
The best one I've read recently was Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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| I didn't mind it to be honest, and i'm not sure what a lot of people were expecting from the 'life' story of a 35 year old. Moz's book wasn't much better in terms of content, just better written. As for spelling mistakes - fingers need to be pointed at the editor/publisher.
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| Quote: sally cinnamon "Unfortunately the quality of rugby league autobiographies in general is quite poor. The mindset of the writers that help them put these books together seems to be "put together a collection of stories of nights on the lash". It doesn't promote a good image of RL unfortunately or its target audience.
Mike Gregory's book was a good one and had the balance right. There were some good anecdotes about stuff him and the Warrington players of the day got up to but it wasn't like a diary of stag dos.
Not sure what the Aussie players books are like as they are a bit expensive to get over here but I have read a few cricket autobiographies and the Aussie cricketers' books are always done more professionally than the England cricketers' books.
The main traps some players fall in to with their autobiographies
That is why I rarely bother with them. The best I have read is Stevo's, well written and a good balance of anecdotes, rugby and personal stuff. Well worth a read if you can get hold of it.
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| Wayne Bennetts is terrific. Full of insight and motivation.
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| Is that "Don't die with the music in you" or has he got another autobiography? I've got don't die, which is a very good book. Seems like its hard to find now as well.
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| Quote: sally cinnamon "Is that "Don't die with the music in you" or has he got another autobiography? I've got don't die, which is a very good book. Seems like its hard to find now as well.'"
Don't die with the music in you is his first. This more about his philosophies of life.
The Man in the Mirror is his autobiography.
Both fantastic reads, the latter providing more of an insight into Bennett.
I purchased both from abc.net.au
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| Only read Don't Die With The Music In You, superb read and much more than an autobiography.
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| Quote: Ganson's Optician "That is why I rarely bother with them. The best I have read is Stevo's, well written and a good balance of anecdotes, rugby and personal stuff. Well worth a read if you can get hold of it.'" If anyone wants Stevo's book I've got it, you can have it for the cost of postage, or if you want to wait, for nothing at the start of the season. It is a good read.
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| My son got me the book for Christmas, and I was looking forward to reading it. However, on doing so, I'm astounded it went to print in the state it's in.
I feel sorry for Lee, as any book is only as good as its editor. It's bloody hard to write a book, believe me I know. As good a player as he was, he's no author, but he has a story to tell. It should have been told better than that. He's been massively let down by the publishers.
You only have to look at the list of best sellers every Christmas, there are autobiographies by celebs that can't string a sentence together that contain coherent prose.
There are so many faults with this book that I don't know where to begin. The prose is awful (and that's putting it mildly). There is no flow, it's not just that the story doesn't flow, each chapter, and even each page doesn't flow.
The book consists of a load of random chapters, in a random order, that contain poor sentences.
To summarise my review, I'd rather read a Katie Price autobiography.
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| I unwrapped a book on Christmas Day and was expecting it to be the briers book. I was slightly disappointed when it was a Suggs Bio but having read the reports above I'm slightly relieved
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