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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is one of the best books I have read so far this year. It is extremely well-written and I could not put it down. I am not a huge ice skating fan, but this book made me go the library to search for tapes of the 2002 Winter Olympics pairs competition. The greatest thing about this book is the background stories of the six pairs this book focuses on. The story of the Chinese skaters alone is amazing. The dedication to the sport these pairs maintained is jaw dropping. Usually reading nonfiction is a bit plodding for me, but this book just zips right along! Do not hesitate to buy it!!
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Summary: 6.0 for The Second Mark
Review: This is the best skating book I have ever read! I have been a figure skating afficiando for more than a decade now and I have read and loved Christine Brennan's books but this one is far better! I loved the "fly on the wall" approach to what is takes to be an Olympic quality pair skater. I enjoyed learning about my favorite skaters and their vastly different lives. I found the first few sections about the preparation more interesting than the Salt Lake scandal aspect, however I enjoyed reading that part too. This book is extremely well researched with first hand interviews from the skaters and their families. I respect the author's decission to stay as true to the original spellings of Russian names and the proper order of Chinese names. I give this book a 6.0! I couldn't put it down! I recommend it to every die-hard skating fan out there!
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Summary: the second mark
Review: What a great book, great story and super writer. I loved it.
Rating:
Summary: A Great Read
Review: What a treat to read something so compelling and well written. Joy Goodwin's book is a real page-turner, with characters who are brought to life and a story that springs from the pages. You need know virtually nothing about figure skating (that's me) to be enchanted. I could not put it down.
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