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4.47 AVERAGE
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This book is one of the most unexpected and most interesting and most beautiful books I've ever read.
Highly recommend to anyone even remotely interested in basketball, and/or Cleveland, and/or beautifully written books.
[Five stars for so many passages I wanted to stop and read multiple times, and for being one of my favorite books of the year (I already bought the paperback).]
Highly recommend to anyone even remotely interested in basketball, and/or Cleveland, and/or beautifully written books.
[Five stars for so many passages I wanted to stop and read multiple times, and for being one of my favorite books of the year (I already bought the paperback).]
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Hanif Abdurraqib is an author I will always read, regardless of subject matter, regardless of genre. His prose shines, and his ability to craft a long essay that ultimately ties up all of its loose ends never fails to impress me. I always enjoy spending time with his work.
All of that being said, I think this could’ve been cut down about 50 pages shorter. I’m also a little disappointed that it didn’t end with the 2016 NBA finals, though I can respect the choice to end with Lebron’s return. As a Buffalo Bills fan, I really resonated with Abdurraqib’s commentary on being from a city that loves its sport teams who just can’t seem to pull it together.
All of that being said, I think this could’ve been cut down about 50 pages shorter. I’m also a little disappointed that it didn’t end with the 2016 NBA finals, though I can respect the choice to end with Lebron’s return. As a Buffalo Bills fan, I really resonated with Abdurraqib’s commentary on being from a city that loves its sport teams who just can’t seem to pull it together.
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Admittedly, a lot of the names/lingo for the basketball players themselves went directly over my head, but I knew I was mostly picking this up for Abdurraqib's astounding ability to write from such an emotional, yet honest and direct place and connect disparate topics together succintly. This book is a book about basketball, yes, but it's also a book about childhood heros, leaving home, what home looks like, grief, loss, the list goes on and on. I have to remind myself to slow down and enjoy the art of his writing, but it's so worth is when I do.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Death of parent
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