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Summary: What a waste
Review: This is my first review and I am only doing this because i want to help people avoid the mistake i made in reading this. There is no point to this book. There is nothing special about Brad Land's story at all. Ok, he was mugged and he had trouble with hazing and fraternities. Aside from that he seems to be doing ok. And those two problems are very small and extremely uninteresting to read about. Don't waste your time on this. There are so many better memoirs about things that are actually worth reading about.
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Summary: Could not put it down
Review: Got it, read it until I was done. It was that powerful, that shocking. Incredibly moving. I thought about it for days and that's when I know I've read something unforgetable.
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: This author has trouble constructing a meaningful sentence. This was a painful read for sure about what could be a compelling topic. I labored to finish it even with its short length.
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Summary: Great Story
Review: This is a brilliant written but extremely sorrowful book, 'Goat' is well worth reading. It holds it's own with "A Paper Life" and 'Nightmares Echo'.
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Summary: Preferred The Bamboo Chest instead
Review: I had read this book and then got "The Bamboo Chest: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War", which is a MUCH BETTER BOOK. I wished I hadn't wasted my time and money on Goat, a real goat of a book!
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Summary: wow
Review: Although I knew this would be a very hard book to read, I found myself not able to put it down. As a native of Florence & a Clemson student, the book more than intrigued me. Although I'm sure some stuff had to be exaggerated, I thought this was an amazing expose of the nature of some Greek organizations... one that most people don't want to talk about at all. I'm terribly sorry that this happened to the author, but I'm glad that he's able to put everything into words & hopefully help others.
For any of you considering coming to Clemson, please know that his experience was far from the norm. I have found that my years there have been some of the most wonderful in my life. I have found a wonderful, embracing community, & I hope that others can find that too, wherever they go!
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Summary: Boring and Pathetic
Review: I love the cover - that goat would make a cool tattoo!The book itself was very boring, lacked purpose, and came off as quite pathetic. I have no problem with a 'cloudy day' book...but I really missed the point of this one. I mean it's terrible what happened - but shocking things happen everyday - just pick up the paper. This book was not shocking, not interesting and definitely not inspiring in any way shape or form.
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