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44 ratings, 3.57 average rating, 12 reviews
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October 31st 2006
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Hardcover, 288 pages
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0374299234
(isbn13: 9780374299231)
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When Tom Brady entered the 2005 NFL season as lead quarterback for the New England Patriots, the defending Super Bowl champions, he was hailed as the ...more
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I was a little disappointed with this because the pacing and writing style of Charles Pearce was bad. The only thing that kept me going back to this book--and the only reason it got that third star--was because there was lots of background on Tom. I wouldn't recommend reading this unless you really want to learn more about Brady and/or you've got nothing else on your plate to read.
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Read in January, 2008
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Good look at TB's career to date and major influences which have shaped his skill and competitiveness. Well written despite being a bit too cute at times. Backdrop of 2005/6 season is, obviously, less interesting than say the 2007/8 season. What's a sports biographer to do?
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Charlie Pierce is a masshole, but he's a got a great quippy writing style. I picked up the book to learn more about the greatest quarterback of all time, but came out with a list of bon mots and the idea that Brady "loves his teammates."
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Read in January, 2008
Seems more like an expanded magazine profile than a book, but some interesting stuff. If you hate the Patriots, it'll make you nauseous, however.
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Read in February, 2008
Good book. Author jumps around a bit too much for my liking though.
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-"Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero."
-"No -- Unhappy is the land that needs a hero."
These lines, from the Bertolt Brecht play, "Galileo," form the epigraph to "Moving the Chains," journalist Charlie Pierce's ebullient biography of the New England Patriots' MVP quarterback, Tom Brady. "Brecht?" you ask. "In a biography of a professional football player?" You don't know Charlie Pierce.
Pierce is a fine writer and broad...more
-"No -- Unhappy is the land that needs a hero."
These lines, from the Bertolt Brecht play, "Galileo," form the epigraph to "Moving the Chains," journalist Charlie Pierce's ebullient biography of the New England Patriots' MVP quarterback, Tom Brady. "Brecht?" you ask. "In a biography of a professional football player?" You don't know Charlie Pierce.
Pierce is a fine writer and broad...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
sports fans
Pierce's wonderful and eclectic writing style cover over what is admittedly a shy and frankly very young subject for an autobiography. This book should be considered by both fans of Brady and those who aren't because it is really a series of essays by Pierce that riff off Brady as the central theme, from religion, to the history of New England football, to Michigan college football, to the plight of the veterans of the NFL, this book is a treat and I was disappointed when I got to the end that ...more
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Read in January, 2008
Entertaining, though I'm a bit biased. Did teach me a few interesting things about the business of football. More importantly, it makes you realize that hard work, passion and dedication (football buzz words that they are) can help you to overcome being overlooked ... like Brady was time and time again.
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Read in January, 2008
Disappointingly, Pierce is disguistingly reverential of Brady, taking a cart-before-the-horse approach to depicting Brady's greatness. Pierce's usual technique of calling upon disparate realms means the reader will have to work, but having done so, will find some interesting connections--many of which hold water.
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Read in November, 2007
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A little bit of a hagiography in places, but Pierce is such a spectacularly intelligent writer that he turns it into much more than a dull sports bio. Shades of John McPhee. Too bad he didn't wait until this season to write it.
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Read in January, 2007
Pretty fast - seemed too short. Probably because Brady is very guarded with his personal life. But was interesting to read about his family's impact in his life and to see how he became so driven.
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Read in January, 2008
The press reviews were terrific, but it's probably a better read for a football fan.
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