The Rise And Self-Destruction Of The Greatest Football Team In History: The Chicago Bears And Super Bowl XX
by John Mullin
Book Summary Information
Author: John MullinForeword: John Madden
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-30
ISBN: 1572437901
Number of pages: 245
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Book Reviews of The Rise And Self-Destruction Of The Greatest Football Team In History: The Chicago Bears And Super Bowl XX
Book Review: Really Bad Book
Summary: 1 Stars
My one star review is not meant to convey any negative feelings toward the Chicago Bears in general. It is merely my opinion of the quality of THIS particular book, which is bad.
Take an interesting, if not fascinating, sports subject and grant unfettered access to the participants, and one usually expects a relatively coherent summary account filled with interesting insights not available in other forums. At least that's what I usually expect. What the author delivers here is a disjointed commentary that floats from one topic to the next, with no transition or resolution to the schizophrenic anecdotes that are hurled at the reader. The author routinely introduces a subject in one paragraph and then jumps to another subject in the next paragraph without finishing the original thought.
Then there are the quotes. The pages are littered with quotes from the players and other personnel that may or may not be related to one of the topics in the general area of the quote. However, the author never indicates where you should stop reading and jump to the quote, so the reader is constantly being interrupted. It's an unbelievably annoying style that I've fortunately never encountered before. And to say that the quotes are relevant or interesting would be extremely generous.
I was excited to read this account of the great 1985 Chicago Bears. I bought the DVD set of games that is also available and watched a few of them while I was reading this book. Suffice it to say that this particular book adds nothing to the enjoyment of reliving that glorious season. I strongly recommend looking at one of the other alternatives that is available simply because nothing can possibly be as annoying as the writing "style" of this particular author.
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