Double Reverse

Rating:
Summary: A very week effort
Review: Since I am always on the lookout for good sports based novels, I picked up a copy of Tim Green's Double Reverse off the bargain rack at my local bookstore. I still paid too much. These characters are so one dimensional, it is hard to take them seriously. The Christian athletes are way over the top and have no substance. The Allan Iverson football clone is so evil that you get sick of listening to his word laden dialogue the first time he opens his mouth. Unfortunately, he talks throughout the book.

The racial stereotypes here are enough by themselves to make this a book to walk away from. The African American characters are evil and the Christian characters are freaks. I am not impressed by the callous use of these stereotypes simply to push along the plot.

Rating:
Summary: A very week effort
Review: Since I am always on the lookout for good sports based novels, I picked up a copy of Tim Green's Double Reverse off the bargain rack at my local bookstore. I still paid too much. These characters are so one dimensional, it is hard to take them seriously. The Christian athletes are way over the top and have no substance. The Allan Iverson football clone is so evil that you get sick of listening to his word laden dialogue the first time he opens his mouth. Unfortunately, he talks throughout the book.

The racial stereotypes here are enough by themselves to make this a book to walk away from. The African American characters are evil and the Christian characters are freaks. I am not impressed by the callous use of these stereotypes simply to push along the plot.

Rating:
Summary: Not Tim Green's best work
Review: The book started out great, but quickly dropped off from there. It was a quick read but boring. There was no climax. Read the book, but predict the ending.

Rating:
Summary: Great book until the ending
Review: This book started out to be Tim's best, but like the Grisham book "The Firm" its ending should be changed.

Rating:
Summary: ANOTHER GREAT WORK
Review: TIM GREEN ADDS TO THE LIST OF GREAT CHARACTER WORK WITH THE MODERN DAY WARRIOR ATTORNEY MADISON MCCALL. GREEN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SHOWING REAL LIFE ASPECT OF PROFFESIONAL FOOTBALL THROUGH REBEL PLAYERS, CORRUPT AGENTS AND BUSSINESSMEN, AND WIN AT ALL COST COACHES. GOOD FOLLOW UP TO THE OUTLAWS AND THE RED ZONE. JUST WAITING FOR TIMS BOOKS TO HIT THE THEATRES.

Rating:
Summary: Predictable, but a guilty pleasure
Review: Tim Green is something of a renaissance man. A former Atlanta Falcon, he's now a New York lawyer, a commentator on NPR, an analyst for Fox football telecasts and the author of four novels. Such a pedigree makes us expect a lot from Green. He delivers with "Double Reverse" - if you're seeking guilty pleasures. Trane Jones is the vilest of pro athletes. He's egocentric, beating women sexually arouses him, and he has a rap sheet that rivals Mike Tyson's. He's also the best halfback in the NFL. Clark Cromwell, his fullback, is just the opposite. He's a born again Christian so straight he seems to have arrived via time warp from the 1950s. The two men share nothing in common - except the same girlfriend. Clark knows her as the beautiful young woman who's accepted Christ. Trane knows her as the temptress daughter of a Hollywood producer whose greatest pleasure in life is torturing men with her sexual appeal. When she winds up dead, the arm of the law ends up pointing at both men. Rare is the sports book - novel or nonfiction - that explores two of professional sports' dirtiest secrets: race and religion. After all, the playing field is supposed to make all men equal. "Double Reverse" tells us just the opposite - that players are prone to self-segregation, that money can't buy equality, and that the rise of fundamentalist athletes is as much a curse as it is a blessing. Green isn't the greatest of writers. His characters have a made-for-Lifetime quality. There's the master barrister who happens to be a stunning beauty. The detestable agent who kills wayward clients. The shoe magnate who exploits violence to sell sneakers. Despite these bigger-than-life characters, Green delivers an ingratiating, compelling story. "Double Reverse" may not be high literature, but it's good, guilty fun.