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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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tense
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I love autobiographies and David Beckham was pretty much my first ever favourite athlete (although even as a kid I had the good sense not to like United, he somehow escaped the dislike I've harboured for most of their players—I've only recently warmed up to Cristiano Ronaldo despite supporting Real Madrid for quite some time) so I'm a little surprised I haven't read this before. But anyway, it was pretty good, and about what I was expecting; Beckham comes off pretty much as egotistical as you'd think when it comes to talking about the game, but doesn't hesitate to mock himself as far as other aspects of his life go (I enjoyed the account of the awkward beginning of his courtship with Victoria). One thing I like about this compared to some other footballing autobiographies I've read is that he really discusses the relationship between playing club football and international football, perhaps because he's had such an impact (positive and negative) on several of England's recent challenges. It's not the best sports autobiography I've read (that'd probably be Carraghers, although obviously I'm biased), but it's pretty good.
Oh, one complaint though, to the American editors—if someone's willing to read four hundred pages about Beckham, they're not going to have an issue with the term "football" rather than "soccer." Honestly. And also it was only a bit toward the end but it was difficult to tell whether the Ronaldo being referred to was Ronaldo or CR7. I just assumed it was Ronaldo throughout but all of a sudden Beckham was talking about the Portuguese NT and things got confusing.
Oh, one complaint though, to the American editors—if someone's willing to read four hundred pages about Beckham, they're not going to have an issue with the term "football" rather than "soccer." Honestly. And also it was only a bit toward the end but it was difficult to tell whether the Ronaldo being referred to was Ronaldo or CR7. I just assumed it was Ronaldo throughout but all of a sudden Beckham was talking about the Portuguese NT and things got confusing.