The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

4.02 AVERAGE

artemis_134's review against another edition

3.5
hopeful reflective slow-paced

britney29's review against another edition

4.0
I really enjoyed this book. Fred Rogers lived a very sincere, kind and diciplined life. This book taught me a lot about his life and what was important to him. Most importantly, it reminded me how we should be kind and sincere to others and to ourselves. How bing kind is couragous and that teaching others, espeically kids kindness is so important. Fred Rogers had a strong sense of self and what he wanted to accomplish in life and I hope I will too.
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rachael_perry's review against another edition

4.0
informative slow-paced
This biography started out really well. I listened to the audiobook (highly recommend), and got to the end of The Neighborhood and looked down and saw I still had about six hours. I was a little concerned, but was game for the rest, not knowing there was more after The Neighborhood. Turns out, that second half was a bit of a slog to get through, and it was terribly disorganized. The book wasn’t finished before it was published, in my opinion. It needed more editing and more organization. There was an entire paragraph that was repeated, though not verbatim. It felt like the author had a page or word count to reach and didn’t know how to do it without the repetition. The audiobook has an interview with the author at the end, and he admitted he had a bit of a writing past, but this was his first book. I guess connections help when you push hard enough to get a project out. 🤷‍♀️

Otherwise, I was pleased to discover that Fred Roger’s was exactly the man I hoped he would be in real life.
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stephanie_opp's review against another edition

2.0
Listened to the audiobook narrated by the wonderful LeVar Burton. Maxwell King’s writing is repetitive, uncritical, and hyperbolic bordering on hero worship. I’ll watch the well-reviewed documentary by Morgan Neville to regain my appreciation for Mr. Rogers.
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sbunker6's review against another edition

4.5
hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

marieleigh73's review against another edition

3.5
informative slow-paced
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kvanhook92's review against another edition

4.75
hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
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maddie32500's review against another edition

3.0
informative slow-paced
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kristendom's review against another edition

3.75
This was a very detailed biography of Fred Rogers that was somewhat enjoyable, somewhat tedious, but always informative. I learned so much about Mr. Rogers, and this made me want to revisit his show as an adult to appreciate him all the more. So often we find out our heroes are not who they seem to be, but Fred Rogers seems like one of the most genuinely caring and thoughtful people with any sort of fame. At times, the author went into too much detail about the backgrounds/lives of other people in Fred's life - I think that's part of what made the book longer than it needed to be. But overall, it was a solid biography of Mr. Rogers. I liked it almost the way it was.

garrett1028's review against another edition

4.5
informative medium-paced