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A review by psykobilliethekid
Muhammad Ali by Titeux Sybille
5.0
Not going to lie, there were parts of this that made me feel like the image of my hero was tarnished. Like when you place something up on so high of a pedestal that you fail to see the cracks of age or the faded streaks in the shiny veneer. But then I reached the end of this book and was reminded of why I admired this man so much: he never stopped being the greatest, he only stopped boxing. And as a person with fibromyalgia, a disease that has no cure, I can look up to how he lived and realize you can still inspire those around you and you can still make a difference in someone's life since the disease is something you have and it is not you.
There were times I felt like one of the authors was trying to push their views on the Muslim faith and the views of the NOI, but I used my training during college as a history major to look past this and see what was really going on. And I found this was the author trying to show how Ali could have felt at points of his life as an omniscient storyteller, not to push their views onto the reader. Why I felt that way, I don't know, but it was definitely there for some reason and I'll have to explore that on my own time.
But I do want to say this, if you're a fan of Muhammad Ali and want to learn about his story from start to finish, this is the book to read. You can tell the authors are passionate about the subject and the material and want to keep the facts as clear as possible. Plus, it's just all over well done. Bravo to Sybille Titeux and Amazing Améziane for putting together such a great piece of work.
There were times I felt like one of the authors was trying to push their views on the Muslim faith and the views of the NOI, but I used my training during college as a history major to look past this and see what was really going on. And I found this was the author trying to show how Ali could have felt at points of his life as an omniscient storyteller, not to push their views onto the reader. Why I felt that way, I don't know, but it was definitely there for some reason and I'll have to explore that on my own time.
But I do want to say this, if you're a fan of Muhammad Ali and want to learn about his story from start to finish, this is the book to read. You can tell the authors are passionate about the subject and the material and want to keep the facts as clear as possible. Plus, it's just all over well done. Bravo to Sybille Titeux and Amazing Améziane for putting together such a great piece of work.