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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
There were only about 30 books at the Logan Airport newsstand and this was the best looking one. I don't know why there wasn't a bookstore in the terminal of a major American airport, but there wasn't. I've liked the other books of Lewis's more than this one, and this wasn't bad. "It was ok" as the 2 star rating says.
I wasn't wicked excited to read it, but it was short, paperback, and had the possibility of being interesting. It is now a week later and I don't really remember much of it other than that I now know you can camp out at Fairy Land, that I was able to listen to music while reading it, and that my flight home was better than if I'd watched the TV on the plane.
I can see some parents being really angry about Lewis's attitude towards fatherhood (and motherhood.) These people will unfortunately have angry children.
I wasn't wicked excited to read it, but it was short, paperback, and had the possibility of being interesting. It is now a week later and I don't really remember much of it other than that I now know you can camp out at Fairy Land, that I was able to listen to music while reading it, and that my flight home was better than if I'd watched the TV on the plane.
I can see some parents being really angry about Lewis's attitude towards fatherhood (and motherhood.) These people will unfortunately have angry children.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
An unvarnished look at fatherhood from the perspective of an admittedly old school dad of three struggling to meet the expectations that are part of modern fatherhood.
Lewis can be a real caveman at times and is occasionally quite demeaning to his wife. This is redeemed only partially by the fact that he seems to at least be aware of his own deficiencies? The focus is mostly on his kids though and the only occasionally successful juggling act that goes on with Kids No. 2 and 3.
The book is laugh out loud funny and also slightly concerning and scary in the way that most books that touch on fatherhood are to the currently-but-maybe-not-forever-childless like myself.
Of course it's also short. Like... read it in one evening, margins like a freshman term paper, borrow but don't buy short. But a perfectly serviceable checkout at the library!
Lewis can be a real caveman at times and is occasionally quite demeaning to his wife. This is redeemed only partially by the fact that he seems to at least be aware of his own deficiencies? The focus is mostly on his kids though and the only occasionally successful juggling act that goes on with Kids No. 2 and 3.
The book is laugh out loud funny and also slightly concerning and scary in the way that most books that touch on fatherhood are to the currently-but-maybe-not-forever-childless like myself.
Of course it's also short. Like... read it in one evening, margins like a freshman term paper, borrow but don't buy short. But a perfectly serviceable checkout at the library!
It’s probably obnoxious for me to try and read every book on fatherhood I can now that I’ve got a little one to take care of — and ideally not ruin — over the next eighteen years. Home Game may be one of the best places to start.
Not everything can be a how-to book. I’ve found they all overlap about 35% of the time, and while informative, it’s impossible to know how accurate or helpful they really are until you’re in the moment, and by that point much of the information is gone in favor of gut instinct. I still find them invaluable just for background and general guidance, but books like Home Game are like sharing war stories with someone already out of the trenches. A deeper and more personal understanding of our trials and failures, and sometimes against our best efforts, our victories.
I didn’t expect the raw honesty, but god is it refreshing. And hilarious. If anything, it at least makes you feel like you couldn’t possibly be the worst dad in the world if this guy showed up to his first child’s birth hammered. And didn’t spend time with his third kid til they were seven months old and sick with RSV. Michael Lewis tells these stories with more endearment than incompentance or regret, and all of them have the tinge of a guy who’s just trying to do what he can. Even if it’s the bare minimum.
I’m only one week in, and it’s so incredibly relatable already. I like feeling that I don’t have to be a perfect parent, especially because I almost surely won’t be. None of us will. We all affect our kids in ways we can’t comprehend. Home Game is the comedic, you-can’t-make-this-up reality check to counter the floods of influencer parents hiding the mess we all know is there. I’d rather hear the horror stories and dad mistakes told with humor and heart than anything else. I should probably follow his lead and start keeping track of mine.
Not everything can be a how-to book. I’ve found they all overlap about 35% of the time, and while informative, it’s impossible to know how accurate or helpful they really are until you’re in the moment, and by that point much of the information is gone in favor of gut instinct. I still find them invaluable just for background and general guidance, but books like Home Game are like sharing war stories with someone already out of the trenches. A deeper and more personal understanding of our trials and failures, and sometimes against our best efforts, our victories.
I didn’t expect the raw honesty, but god is it refreshing. And hilarious. If anything, it at least makes you feel like you couldn’t possibly be the worst dad in the world if this guy showed up to his first child’s birth hammered. And didn’t spend time with his third kid til they were seven months old and sick with RSV. Michael Lewis tells these stories with more endearment than incompentance or regret, and all of them have the tinge of a guy who’s just trying to do what he can. Even if it’s the bare minimum.
I’m only one week in, and it’s so incredibly relatable already. I like feeling that I don’t have to be a perfect parent, especially because I almost surely won’t be. None of us will. We all affect our kids in ways we can’t comprehend. Home Game is the comedic, you-can’t-make-this-up reality check to counter the floods of influencer parents hiding the mess we all know is there. I’d rather hear the horror stories and dad mistakes told with humor and heart than anything else. I should probably follow his lead and start keeping track of mine.
Short and sweet. A few gems but could have been longer and have a little more structure
This is the same author who wrote "Money Ball" and "the Blind Side" and is a short book about his handling fatherhood and his personal observations. I have my own great memories and I am sure his are very special to him.
I like this author, but would not recommend the book
I like this author, but would not recommend the book
Biggest revelation of this otherwise fitfully amusing book? Tabitha Soren, the former veejay, is married to Michael Lewis, of Moneyball and The Blindside fame. I had no idea.
Lewis is a master story teller, and his writing style is enjoyable. While he acknowledges that his view of paternal obligations is perhaps outdated, it does cloud some of the stories.