3.75
challenging hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

As it appears on my Facebook page, Moni's Reading Journey. 
This was such a good book. I am not a big fan of American football, but I love inspiring real life stories about the underdog becoming the hero and the inspiration. I read a lot of non-fiction and this type of books are always rated as 5 ๐ŸŒŸ or 1 ๐ŸŒŸ, meaning I totally loved or completely hated them... this was amongst those books kinda in the middle and the reason it lost one star was solely that, though about the sport, I felt that it dissected too much each game! Like, if you don't understand and don't care about this sport, you wouldn't care about this book. It should have focused more on the way the players and their families felt, how this turn of events turn their lives around... don't get me wrong, it had elements of that, but the author didn't go deep enough. All other good books in this genre focused more on the soul part of this journey vs the description of each game or event. Example: The Boys In the Boat. Absolute perfection! This is why this book is not as popular as the other and why I feel many not interested in football would not read this one. 
I personally can only recommend it to people interested in the sport vs anyone who wants to read a good non-fiction. 
Happy reading, everyone!