The Rock Says... by The Rock, Joe Layden Summary and Reviews
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Summary: 4 Stars
THis is a great book. It was much more than I expected. It told of his experiences in Hawaii,Pennsylvania, Florida, and and Canada. It starts out by telling about professional wrestling being in his blood and all. Then, it tells of his childhood and early adolescence in Hawaii. Next, it tells how he moved to Bethlehem, Pennyslvania and how he played football there throughout his high school years. Then it tells about his college days in Miami. I found this part particularly interesting since I was born in Miami. Anyway, this is where he meets his future wife and how her parents don't like him and all this other stuff. But I won't tell much more because I don't want to ruin it. So, to make a long story short, he was drafted by the CFL, came back down to Florida, trained in Tampa(I'm from Tampa too) to be a pro wrestler, and then joined the WWF. Anyway, this is a great book; although, unlike Mick Foley's book, you should probably be a wrestling fan if you truly want to appreciate this book.Book Review: (no subject)
Summary: 4 Stars
I havent read the whole book yet,but,judging by the parts I've read so far,the book is really good.It provides good detail on The Rock's life.If you're not sure about buying this book,Id have to reccomend that you do buy the book.Book Review: **The is the GREATEST book ever! **
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first started reading it, I never put the book down. You learn about his childhood all the way to how he became the people's champion. There are great photos through out the whole book of the great one from 6 months old to his wedding day. I was so surprised to see another side of The Rock I dont think I would ever have seen. If you are a WWF fan I recommend without a doubt,"The Rock Says"Book Review: A BOOK FOR ANYONE, NOT JUST WRESTLING FANS
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been on the net a lot lately, and I have heard a lot of people cutting this book down. Because of this, I decided that I should check this book out myself. I figured that it would stink, but in the end, it turned out to be a great book, wrestling fan, or no wrestling fan. I think that this book is great, and I highly recommend it, especially to WWF and Rocky Maivia fans. It gives backstage detail of Wrestle Mania 15, tells about Dwayne Johnson's puberty, and it tells about his football career. The Rock goes in and out of character, numerous times, which makes this book very interesting. I highly recommend this book.Book Review: A Book on its Own
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the biggest mistakes a person would do is trying to compare two books written by two different authors who have led two very much different lives. Just because they share the same profession doesn't mean they're actually going to write the same stuff. Mick Foley's book is great. It's one of the sincerest, most heart-warming piece of literary advent of a wrestler there ever was, but that doesn't mean that the Rock's book should be cut short of being just that.First off the length of this book is much shorter than Mick's and could very well be gobbled in much as one sitting, or in my case two since I was ill at the time and I had to take breaks for taking my cold medicine. That doesn't mean the book is too short, it just means that it sums up this man's life rather well and doesn't bleed with excess of repition and even more repitition.
The Rock has a different view of what life is and how he goes on with it. He grew up differently from Mick. He was born into wrestling and this rich history and provided the grand mix of his multicultural family that writing about all just has an allure that one might think kind of intimidating. This is what makes up the bulk of the book and really how it truly stands out from Mick's.
The only bad thing, and it doesn't necessarily mean bad in a spoken sense, is that there is a wide gap of lack of genuine humor with a spark of innocense between the Rock's and Mick's books. This, I believe, is the major downside and why a lot of people have so much gripe with this book. That, however, is compensated in pieces when the Rock gets into character and really lashes out with his usual repartee. This can get annoying at times since the rest and the majority of the books is really heartfelt and completely sincere in form, but it's very true to the Rock's character.
This book is a fantastic journey to the mind, the soul, and the very heart of a very dedicated person, a family man and inspiration to the millions and millions of fans out there. His life story, albeit short is very emotional, candid and rich in history. This is a book that stands on its own as an electrifying read from start to finish by a person that is rightfully called the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.