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alissa417's review against another edition
3.0
If shopping for Father’s Day gifts, and your dad is more of a traditionalist (like mine), I suggest gifting him Michael Bamberger’s The Second Life of Tiger Woods (272 pp. Simon & Schuster, $28.00). Bamberger details the remarkable recovery (physically and emotionally) of one of golf’s greatest players in this remarkable read for fans of a comeback, even if they do not enjoy the sport itself. Buy it here and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/36/9781982122829
rpych2's review against another edition
2.0
I had a few major problems with this book and I think all of them come down to the author. Tiger is one of my favorite athletes of all time, I grew up playing golf and idolizing him. So I know this story pretty well, I had watched so many of these tournaments on tv or in person. I was expecting this book to add more to it, and it barely did so. Tiger wasn’t interviewed which didn’t help, and when you add in that none of his inner circle were either it means that this information is either surface level or just speculation.
The passage that made me actually sort of angry was the 30 page sidebar about Tiger doing steroids, despite having zero evidence that it happened aside from a quack “doctor” who apparently talked to a guy that talked to a guy that talked to another guy in Tiger’s camp. It’s embarrassing that he even reported that in my opinion. It’s fine to dislike Tiger and write about some reprehensible things he’s done, but fabricating something isn’t journalism.
I loved the story, but not the writing style that jumped all over the place and had no linear style whatsoever. It felt stream of consciousness at best and incoherent rambling at worst. Tiger’s story is fantastic, but this retelling was unfortunately not.
The passage that made me actually sort of angry was the 30 page sidebar about Tiger doing steroids, despite having zero evidence that it happened aside from a quack “doctor” who apparently talked to a guy that talked to a guy that talked to another guy in Tiger’s camp. It’s embarrassing that he even reported that in my opinion. It’s fine to dislike Tiger and write about some reprehensible things he’s done, but fabricating something isn’t journalism.
I loved the story, but not the writing style that jumped all over the place and had no linear style whatsoever. It felt stream of consciousness at best and incoherent rambling at worst. Tiger’s story is fantastic, but this retelling was unfortunately not.
amandakohal's review against another edition
3.0
Was not what I expected. A lot of jumping between timelines made it hard to follow. The first 30 pages I swear, were about the type of people who live in Jupiter Florida. I don’t understand some of the emphasized topics in this book — get back to Tiger!
tjyodj123's review against another edition
3.0
Woah there tiger! Another tough novel to get through but if you love PGA and Mr. Woods, def try this!
happiestwhenreading's review
4.0
3.5
I didn't know a darn thing about the game of golf until I met my husband eighteen years ago. By then, Tiger Woods had already begun to make a name for himself as a professional golfer, but his name still meant nothing to me. Slowly, as my husband watched golf tournaments like other men obsess about football games, I began to see what a challenging sport golf is and now I truly enjoy watching golf tournaments alongside my husband and son.
Of course, I mostly picked this book up because I find Tiger's rise from the bottom totally inspiring. In all honesty though, this book didn't have as much of that as I had hoped. Towards the end of the book it becomes clear why: Tiger Woods declined to be interviewed for this book. So the personal insight to his journey that I was looking for is lacking. It doesn't necessarily detract from the book, but it does account for its journalistic feel. Even though it wasn't what I was hoping for, it was an enjoyable enough book, but you definitely need to be a golf fan or I think you'll get bogged down in details you don't care or know about.
I didn't know a darn thing about the game of golf until I met my husband eighteen years ago. By then, Tiger Woods had already begun to make a name for himself as a professional golfer, but his name still meant nothing to me. Slowly, as my husband watched golf tournaments like other men obsess about football games, I began to see what a challenging sport golf is and now I truly enjoy watching golf tournaments alongside my husband and son.
Of course, I mostly picked this book up because I find Tiger's rise from the bottom totally inspiring. In all honesty though, this book didn't have as much of that as I had hoped. Towards the end of the book it becomes clear why: Tiger Woods declined to be interviewed for this book. So the personal insight to his journey that I was looking for is lacking. It doesn't necessarily detract from the book, but it does account for its journalistic feel. Even though it wasn't what I was hoping for, it was an enjoyable enough book, but you definitely need to be a golf fan or I think you'll get bogged down in details you don't care or know about.
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