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| You're better off reading Wikipedia, which is essentially what this book is--poorly written and amateurish. |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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Someone remarked that reading Scott Keith is like reading a poorly written High School book report by someone who was better at shop class than English. That person hit it right on the head. This is such a poorly written piece of work. Scott simply can't write well. He mismashes styles to the point where you can tell he's painfully trying to write something, anything, that's remotely passable--and fails miserably.
When I opened up the book and read page one, I knew this was going to be a bad read. Scott places himself in the first person...then the third person...then as a casual fan. This ridiculous approach is the kind of thing I used to see when I tutored students who didn't have a firm grasp on writing well. It's disturbing to know that there are publishers and editors out there who actually thought this is a decent body of work ready for the public.
By the same token, people remarked how Scott blatantly lifted from other sources and I must say he took a lot...and I mean virtually cutting and pasting huge chunks of texts from "Pure Dynamite." It's kind of pathetic to lazily take another writer's work product--his hard earned time and money--and pass it off as your own. Scott does this and its pretty evident from just the first few pages.
If you don't believe me, just take a look for yourself. I just don't think this is worthy of any kind of purchase. I think this might be worth 50 Cents at most. It's just very, very bad. I can't stress that enough. I feel compelled to ask him directly for either an apology or a refund.
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| Disappointing and Miseleading. |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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I was loaned this book by a friend, who suggested it to me as a fan of Chris Benoit. I read it, and I cannot say that I recommend it.
First of all, the title is incredibly misleading. The author does point out a lot of dead Stampede alumni, but doesn't claim there is a curse. More accurately, the book is a list of people in wrestling who have died, with some history thrown in.
Secondly, if you are the kind of wrestling fan who reads the Observer or Torch, there is nothing new here. If you have been a fan of wrestling at all in the last 5 years, there is nothing new here. Shocking insights like: Dynamite Kid is in bad shape, Davey Boy Smith did steroids, and Chris Benoit killed his family!
Finally, the book isn't very well written. It reads like a long-time wrestling fan telling stories at a convention. There are spelling and grammatical errors, and the writing just isn't compelling. Furthermore, there are many references to other information, but almost never is it linked so you can verify or follow up on anything.
This book is really just a crass attempt to monopolize on the Benoit tragedy and the deaths of many wrestlers.
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| great detailed book |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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great book that summarize the the life and deathes of many superstars
from the wrestling world ,including the high's and down's of their career.
u can also learn the reasons for their deathes.
truly a history lesson.
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| Amazing Book |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Great insight into the world of pro wrestling and its tragedy. I could not put this book down. This book is far better than Keith's other books. I recommend this book over most wrestling books. Certainly over the other books that are centered around the Benoit tragedy.
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| Not bad, but sort of misleading |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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So, the book is not horrible, but it was misleading. Benoit is the whole cover, and in small print it says something about the Hart Curse. Well, Benoit is barely even mentioned in this book, save for the first couple of relatively short chapters. Why? Why did he use Benoit to sell his book? While not a terrible book, I for one would not have bought it if I knew it was not about Benoit, or at least mostly about him.
Bad business to exploit someone's image and then not even add anything to the story.
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