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Friday Night Lights A Town, a Team and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger
5 reviews
emily_britton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Too much football for my taste. Even so, the issues our country is facing now are so clearly foreshadowed in parts of this sad tale. Those parts were very interesting. Bissinger is a wonderful writer, but the subject was just not one I was that into.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Vomit
socialpsysteph's review against another edition
I thought maybe I would enjoy this as I love a scrappy sports story but I listed to 60 pages of this and then gave up. The racism and use of racial slurs was too much, especially because I felt like you were supposed to be rooting for this team and I couldn't root for some of these people. I hope that at some point in the book, there was growth for these individuals but I didn't have the patience or interest to get there.
This book was going to count for a few reading challenges but I didn't read enough of it to feel OK counting it for those.
This book was going to count for a few reading challenges but I didn't read enough of it to feel OK counting it for those.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
britgirlreading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Death
chaotic_abi's review against another edition
informative
tense
slow-paced
2.0
Okay here's the thing, conceptually, I like this book but in reality, I couldn't give less of a shit about football, there was so much info dumping that I zoned out for damn near chapters at a time. I get why this was assigned for English class but I still greatly disliked it.
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Sexism
danielghurst's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent
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