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Summary: A realistic reveiw and the harsh truth about this book
Review: Let's compare this book to Foley's.Foley wrote his (which was about 1/3rd longer than the Rock's, all by himself. Rock used a ghostwriter. Foley's words were all his own, with nothing changed and very minimal editing. Rock had a writer from sports magazines practically writing his book for him, and it shows as every page is filled with hokey text that sounds like something from a Disney movie. Everything Foley said in his book was the truth, and most of it can be proven to BE the truth with just a bit of research. Whereas it has been publicaly documented that Rock lied about quite a few things in his book. Not surprising because the whole thing comes off as dishonest and fake. Horrid, horrible book.
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Summary: Do you smell it?
Review: "The Rock Says" is yet another one of the great books being written by wrestlers. This biography takes you inside the Rock's life, from childhood until he became the most electrifing man in sports entertainment. It's a great read, and if you're a fan of the Rock, you'll especially like this book.
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Summary: A Fun, but Forgettable Read...
Review: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson seems to be an intelligent and articulate man on TV during the Monday night free-for-all known as 'Raw Is War'. The question is: does his charm and charisma carry over into his autobiography? The answer is no. The book starts off very well detailing his family's long history in the "sport". His reverence for those who came before him is admirable. In addition, you don't have to be a wrestling fan to appreciate his stories of dating (with a near empty wallet) or scraping to make ends meet before he finally lands on his feet. The book falters in that it's hard to tell where the Rock's words end and where the Vince McMahon (WWF owner) propaganda machine kicks in. The Rock devotes just as much time to his wedding day, as he does defending the WWF's lurid programming. He graciously devotes a chapter to the late Owen Hart, but then falls back on the tired cliche "Owen would've wanted it..." to justify continuing on with the show, during which Owen lost his life. The most laughable lines come when The Rock proudly declares that there is no racism on the WWF shows, when racial stereotypes have been a wrestling staple for generations and continue to be seen (i.e. Eddie 'Latino Heat' Guerrero). It would've been nice to see The Rock be a little more candid (as Tom 'Dynamite Kid' Billington was in his auto-bio 'Pure Dynamite'), but it's clear who's calling the shots here. Vince McMahon has crafted a billion-dollar empire. The Rock's words are as much those of McMahon's and we know who's signing Dwayne's paychecks.
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Summary: A Critical Review for The Rock Says
Review: The Rock Says is not only an entertaining book but also an adventure. You adventure his life and all the hardships he has occurred. If you don't know about whom I am talking about, it is Dwayne Johnson a.k.a. The Rock. This book has many strengths. The biggest strength this book has is that, in detail, goes through his life, as you were him. He puts you in very difficult positions that he was in as a child and analyzes all the outcomes. The Rock has had a very hard life. When I finished reading this book, I realized he worked very hard to become a star in the World Wrestling Federation. He starts out as a troublemaker who didn't get very good grades. However his grades didn't matter because he had such a big body. In Miami, he played college football. The NFL didn't accept him because he had life threatening injuries, so he went to Canada. There he slept on dirty mattresses and he ate cold spaghetti every night. His dreams of being a football player were demolished. He barley had seven dollars in his pocket and he risked it to be a wrestler. This book has very little weaknesses. I think the biggest weakness is that the chapters are not that well organized. Some of the chapters took to long to get to the point and they sometimes threw me off. Another weakness is that he talks in 3rd person which also sometimes confused me. I recommend this book to teenagers and adults. This is a very good book to read. You do not need to be a wrestling fan to read this book. This book has humor, love, action, and horror. Not only men can read this but also women can to. The Rock describes how he met his wife Dany and how it was true love. This book also has excellent color photos and an excellent style of writing.
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Summary: The best book ever
Review: I always knew that this book would be exciting because "The Rock" made it. To me, the book was about how he became a superstar. My favorite part was when he never quit when times were bad. The ending was nice cause it says , I never quit.
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Summary: The Rock Says
Review: The Rock Says is a GREAT book, except that his career is only not ended like Mick Foley's. It does tell about his life until now, that's he's the most electrifying man in sports-entertainment. To the millions and the millions of The Rock's fans.
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Summary: The Rock Says is a great book.
Review: The Rock Says is a great book. It tells the story on how The rock has lived his life SO FAR. Only, I think he should have wrote this book when he retires. It starts off when he was little then through high school and on to college on to a wrestler. But it is a good book.
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Summary: 'The Rock Says...' read this book!
Review: THis is a great book. It was much more than I expected. It told of his experiences in Hawaii,Pennsylvania, Florida, and and Canada. It starts out by telling about professional wrestling being in his blood and all. Then, it tells of his childhood and early adolescence in Hawaii. Next, it tells how he moved to Bethlehem, Pennyslvania and how he played football there throughout his high school years. Then it tells about his college days in Miami. I found this part particularly interesting since I was born in Miami. Anyway, this is where he meets his future wife and how her parents don't like him and all this other stuff. But I won't tell much more because I don't want to ruin it. So, to make a long story short, he was drafted by the CFL, came back down to Florida, trained in Tampa(I'm from Tampa too) to be a pro wrestler, and then joined the WWF. Anyway, this is a great book; although, unlike Mick Foley's book, you should probably be a wrestling fan if you truly want to appreciate this book.
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Summary: Finally, The Rock, has given us an inside look at his life
Review: Finally, The Rock, has come back, to bookstores everywhere. This is one totally awesome book about " The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment". From the moment he was born, all the way up to his classic battles with Triple H and Mankind, this book has it all. It even has a minute-by-minute account of his main event match at WrestleMania 15 against Stone Cold Steve Austin. If you love " The People's Champion", you'll love this book. If ya smellllll, what The Rock, is cookin!
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Summary: Smells Good!
Review: When I was young I loved wrestling as entertainment. My dad always said it was "fake" and as I got to be a teenager I realized that is probably true. I remember I began to get turned off by it simply because the characters were not all that exciting any more and the stories had gotten too cheesy. When I was 25 I was "re-turned-on" to the WWF. Due to 2 people: Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock. The Rock (aka: Dwayne Johnson) is one of those truly great stories in entertainment and sports--not unlike the story of NFL's Kurt Warner. This book is really for those fans who like to take an inner-look into what it takes to develop into a WWF wrestler superstar. There is plenty in this book for anyone interested. He goes from his childhood, having a father and maternal grandfather who were professional wrestlers. He is a All-American football player at Miami. Being an avid college football fan, I loved his memories of the Miami program and the other big-time players he played with (Warren Sapp, Russell Maryland). I am glad he including the instances he felt the hard times being on the practice squad in the Canadian Football League and having to sleep on used hotel mattresses and eating only spaghetti. Don't know if these accounts will inspire any would-be young wrestlers, but they give the Rock some depth. I felt the most inspiring moment in the autobiography is how he wanted his father, Rocky Johnson, to train him to become a professional wrestler. Like all caring fathers, he was reluctant, but eventually decided to help. If his son was going to join the business, as a father he was going to manage his progress. A true fatherly attitude. As the Rock quickly rises to the top of the WWF the book goes into some pretty entertaining periods describing life inside the professiional wrestlers tour. I enjoyed the choreography sessions between him and Stone Cold Steve Austin as well as the very well done tribute chapter to fellow wrestler, Owen Hart, who died in the wrestling ring in 1999. He also goes in and out of Rock character to describe particulr important matches for the Intercontinental Title and Heavyweight Title and gives the fans some insight into how he writes and does his promos--probably one those distinguishing characteristics that has built the Rock's popularity more than any other trait. Wrestling has grown since I was a fan as a kid. It probably is not appropriate to anyone other than those over 16 years old. There is simply too much swearing and T & A (not Test and Albert!) now than there use to be. Perhaps good or bad, I am not going to judge. However, this book is no different... I would NOT recommend any kid to read this book--parents reading this thinking about buying it for their 10 year old! Like an R-rated movie, this book is not recommended to anyone under 17 unless your parent knows what is in it. There are several cuss words used through out and he talks some about the loose sexual attitudes as a college football freshman. Again, I am not questioning the judgement of what he puts in his book, because he also devotes a 2 page section to parents that should be monitoring what their kids watch and he also concedes that the WWF is NOT for those under the age of 16. All in all a very entertaining book and a refreshing change of pace from all the history books and literature I tend to read. Wrestling is an indulgence for me--a college graduate and former-history teacher. Just take it for what it is--pure entertainment at it's finest. Nothing more and nothing less.
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