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Summary: Overall a good book
Review: Although I'm a huge gymnastics fan, this book got boring rather quickly. Most interesting to me was the level of dedication which Shannon exhibited at such an early age---Claudia Miller sounds almost breathless in her recitation of the awards Shannon racked up. Unfortunately, this is little more than a blow-by-blow account of Shannon's competitions---it's far more interesting to watch them on TV than read about them! The author fails to show us anything deeper than Shannon's gymnastics and doesn't follow through with what could be interesting information (for example, the relationship between Miller and her coach as well as how Shannon's siblings dealt with her fame). Most shocking to me was the unbelievably juvenile and controlling attitude of Steve Nunno (her coach)---Claudia Miller simply dismisses his irrational actions, often resorting to "we eventually smoothed it over". While a dedicated Miller fan might love this book, the rest of you might just want to skip it.
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Summary: A not-too-informative bio
Review: Although I'm a huge gymnastics fan, this book got boring rather quickly. Most interesting to me was the level of dedication which Shannon exhibited at such an early age---Claudia Miller sounds almost breathless in her recitation of the awards Shannon racked up. Unfortunately, this is little more than a blow-by-blow account of Shannon's competitions---it's far more interesting to watch them on TV than read about them! The author fails to show us anything deeper than Shannon's gymnastics and doesn't follow through with what could be interesting information (for example, the relationship between Miller and her coach as well as how Shannon's siblings dealt with her fame). Most shocking to me was the unbelievably juvenile and controlling attitude of Steve Nunno (her coach)---Claudia Miller simply dismisses his irrational actions, often resorting to "we eventually smoothed it over". While a dedicated Miller fan might love this book, the rest of you might just want to skip it.
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Summary: Very interesting look at Shannon's career!
Review: As a gymnastics fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It covers Shannon's career and home life through the 1996 Olympics. Reading about the conflicts with her coach was very interesting. It also covered how Shannon's faith helped her through the tough times. I'd highly recommend it for any Shannon Miller fan!
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Summary: A pretty good book
Review: For those of you that can't get a hold of the other Shannon Miller biography, this book is a good substitute. Written by Shannon's mother, I found it to give a very informative and interesting look into Shannon's life before and after Barcelona and Atlanta. This book tells you how she coped with her injures, about her training, and her relationship with Steve Nunno. Of course, since Shannon's mother wrote it you get a little one-sided view, because after all, in her mother's eyes Shannon can do nothing wrong. But Shannon's mother tried very hard to be accurate, and overall I was left with a very good impression. Before I read this I didn't really like Shannon Miller as much as some of the other gymnasts, and I'm not sure why. But after I read this book, it gave me a new understanding of all the hard work Shannon had to put in to become America's favorite gymnast.
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Summary: A snooze
Review: I am a huge gymnastics fan, so if I didn't enjoy this book, I'm surprised that anyone has. It's really quite dull, just a competition-by-competition synopsis of Shannon's career. I couldn't help but get the feeling that Shannon's parents pushed her, and that was depressing to read about (eg. how did Shannon's mother remember such minute details about the competitions unless she was slightly obsessed with Shannon's career?). If you're really really a fan, you might like it anyway, although hearing about every single competition gets boring after awhile.
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Summary: A snooze
Review: I am a huge gymnastics fan, so if I didn't enjoy this book, I'm surprised that anyone has. It's really quite dull, just a competition-by-competition synopsis of Shannon's career. I couldn't help but get the feeling that Shannon's parents pushed her, and that was depressing to read about (eg. how did Shannon's mother remember such minute details about the competitions unless she was slightly obsessed with Shannon's career?). If you're really really a fan, you might like it anyway, although hearing about every single competition gets boring after awhile.
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Summary: Very interesting!
Review: I am huge fan of gymnastics and of Shannon Miller! This book really kept me interested to the end even though I have already read the other books about Shannon and follwed her career. I already knew quite a bit about my favorite gymnast -- but this book had more detail that I didn't already know and it was interesting to see her career through her mother's point of view. Definitely worth it!!!
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Summary: Have re-read it twice
Review: I have read numerous biography's and autobiographys of gymnasts. This book by far gets the award. The book not only goes through Shannon Miller's gymnastics carreer, but includes various stories and fun accounts of her childhood and young adulthood. As I said I have re-read this book twice. There are inserts that have pictures that I had never seen. I would reccommend this book to anyone who wants to read a fun biography.
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Summary: It was a realistic, but touching and should be read by all.
Review: I think this is a great book that shows with a realistic view on Elite Gymnasts. It shows how the life of one really is. It doesn't just pertain to gymanstic families. It shows how a supportive family can help get you through the happy but tough times.
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Summary: only one word: terrific!
Review: I'm from the Netherlands and i love the gymnasts from the USA, but espacially Shannon, so when i found this book on internet I had to get it, and so I did, And it was great, I have reading it out in two days. It begins when Shannon is about a year of 4 and so it go's on to the olympics 1996. It's just amazing to read how she won medals while she was injured. And how she works with Steve and Peggy. I thougt they always get along together, but well you got to read this book, and then you know how hard a live of a gymnast can be. By the way, the pictures are also terrific! more then 80 pictures! just buy it.
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