Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.g. Bissinger Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Book Review: An all time classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Bissinger is an incredible storyteller. His look inside the life of a prominent Texas HS team is superb. The day by day description of the season really grips you. I feel like I understand big time high school ball much better having read this book.Book Review: 48 minutes to play, a lifetime to remember!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a three year starting quarterback for a smaller west texas high school. This book brought back all of those glorious memories for me! For those of you who have not played, this is an ideal book. --I dropped the book off at one of my ex-teammates house one day after he had came in from working in the oilfield. I asked him to read it and give me his opinion. 2 weeks later he called me around 1:30 in the morning while I was at college. He was crying, softly he said that he could not finish reading it. --For those of us who have played, it will touch a nerve!! --5 years later I am still trying to get him to finish the book...Book Review: i think that this book is great for high school athletes
Summary: 5 Stars
this book shines great light on thelife of the football players and l the town that they live in and the rivalrie between towns.Book Review: Disturbing and Sad
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent account overall -- disturbing, engrossing, and ultimately very, very sad. My only criticisms:1. The author's breathless, metaphor-happy style gets a bit tiring toward the book's end.
2. The exploration of gender roles and sexism at Permian High School and in the larger community of Odessa was far too brief. I was outraged and fascinated by the slavish role that the Pepettes and cheerleaders played at Permian. I wondered how the players' mothers felt about their sons participating in such a brutal sport, and whether they encouraged their daughters to participate in athletics. I wanted to know how many people attended girls' sporting events at Permian, and whether the girls' and boys' sports programs were funded equally (What was the reaction in the community to Title IX in 1972?). Bissinger writes thoughtful, lengthy descriptions of race relations, economic divisions, and political leanings in Odessa, and I felt that the gender divide deserved at least as much attention as those topics.
Book Review: THis is a book to remember
Summary: 5 Stars
W. Somerset Maugham once said, "The only important thingin a book is the meaning it has for you." With that said, I highly recommend this book to future readers because the book was written in great detail that one absorbs inside its plot. H.G. Bissinger wrote a fantastic documentary on this football team. His documentary was written from different perspectives ranging from the fans to the players themselves. His writing on the player's perspective of football was so vivid that I could feel the ups and downs of the team. When the players were happy after winning a game, I felt happy as well. It felt like I was part of the team. His writing was in great detail, explaining what was going through the players' minds, whether it be good or bad. Also, Bissinger wrote from the perspective of the fans and how they experienced Permian Football. Through his writing I understood what football meant to Permian fans; football is not just a sport or about winning, but the fans went to support Permian for the love of the game. H.G. Bissinger will always touch the heart of his readers as well as the people he writes about. There is an old saying that "writing comes more easily if you have something to say." And definitely H.G. Bissinger had something to say about Permian Football.