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allbookedupwithrosie's review against another edition
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inspiring
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sad
medium-paced
4.0
I can still to this day remember sitting in a Macdonalds, in Chatham ON with my Grandfather having dinner when the news started broadcasting of the accident. The entire restaurant was in shock and pain for everyone involved in the accident. I remember seeing face after face as the news continued to cover who the victims were and who had survived. I have continued to do my best to follow this case to this day.
This was a terrible accident, that caused so much heartbreak and devastation to the families, friends and community of this team. However, this book is a book of the resilience of the survivors, the families and the community. This book shows a side of the events that the news could never capture and that is THEIR story.
This was a terrible accident, that caused so much heartbreak and devastation to the families, friends and community of this team. However, this book is a book of the resilience of the survivors, the families and the community. This book shows a side of the events that the news could never capture and that is THEIR story.
smorrison4's review
4.0
I love that Kaleb was able to prove everyone that saw his brain scans wrong. Kaleb overcame his injuries and diligently worked to try o get back to pre-accident form. I love that Kaleb has kept the memories of his teammates and coaching staff alive and close to his heart.
smalltownbookmom's review
4.0
3.5 rounded up. I enjoyed this memoir by Kaleb Dahlgren - survivor of the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus accident in 2018. A great look at a tight-knit, small town hockey community and the players and staff who lost their lives. It’s amazing that Kaleb survived, unfortunately he wasn’t able to realize his dream of playing competitive hockey again afterwards. He continues to do great work for Diabete awareness (he was diagnosed with Type 1 as a young child and he goes into the challenges of living with the disease very well) and he was able to go to York university and is involved supporting the university hockey team in various ways. An inspiring young man with a bright future. I didn’t know much about this story other than what was in the headlines at the time but Kaleb has turned his tragedy into positives and written a lovely book celebrating the teammates he lost.
bookishlifeofbrie's review
3.0
3.5 stars. I didn’t love the audio on this one. I think there was a lot of disconnect between the emotion in the book with the narrator reading it since it wasn’t the author narrating it. (This is a pet peeve of mine with biographies and I’m curious to know why Dahlgreen didn’t narrate this himself).
The first half of the book was somewhat tedious as it was all about Dahlgreen’s life leading up to the devastating bus accident of the Humboldt Broncos. An accident I’m sure most of us remember: Sticks out for Humboldt. The second half focuses on the aftermath of the accident but Dalhgreen can’t actually remember any of it. His is no doubt an inspiring story and it was interesting to read about how he handled his grief (which I think is rare for most people who survive an accident like he did) as it didn’t consume him.
Considering I’m not a hockey fan, I still enjoyed this book, but I would not recommend listening to it on audio.
The first half of the book was somewhat tedious as it was all about Dahlgreen’s life leading up to the devastating bus accident of the Humboldt Broncos. An accident I’m sure most of us remember: Sticks out for Humboldt. The second half focuses on the aftermath of the accident but Dalhgreen can’t actually remember any of it. His is no doubt an inspiring story and it was interesting to read about how he handled his grief (which I think is rare for most people who survive an accident like he did) as it didn’t consume him.
Considering I’m not a hockey fan, I still enjoyed this book, but I would not recommend listening to it on audio.
dashadashahi's review
2.0
I really didn't know how to phrase my thoughts for this book. Dahlgren survived a horrific and unnecessary accident that upset the hockey world and the country at large. He rightfully deserves a space to tell his story. And while the writing of this book suffers from repetitiveness and heavy-handed cliches I am glad that he wrote this book. I felt genuine emotion when he spoke of his father's health struggles and the teammates he lost. Yet, the book is filled with a lack of introspection for most other things, something I really expect and look for when reading a memoir. He states that he believes if you work hard enough you can achieve a lot. But this just .... isn't true. It's a myth of liberal meritocracy that is based wholly on different types of privileges. That is just one example of the juvenile perspective presented in this book. Perhaps if he wrote this book further in the future it would succeed in being introspective in this regard. I wish I liked this as much as all the hockey world's biggest stars did (as evidenced by the Hayley Wickenheiser, Wayne Gretzky, Mitchell Marner, and James Duthie's words of praise scattered on the front and back cover), but I just didn't.
bookobsessed_kb's review
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5.0
This hit really close to home.