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Summary: The best book I have ever read.
Review: I read this book in 4 days. Once i started reading it I cound'nt stop. Everything you ever wanted to know about Mick Foley or Wrestling in general is in this book.I would say this is the best book I have ever read.
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Summary: Good Audio Book, But Not as Good as the Real Thing
Review: The first thing I said after reading this book last fall in hardcover is that is that they've got to put out an audio version, and Mick Foley has to read it. After all, the book has a lot of humor in it by the way the story's told, and Foley himself is a pretty funny-sounding guy as well, so it should be a sure-fire hit, right? Well, it's here, and although they had to condense 500 pages into three-and-a-half hours, it's retained most of the humor and depth of the actual book. I have to say that Foley's narration has its moments, but not that enough of them. Foley doesn't really hit his stride until about a half-hour in when he gets into his training from Dominic Denucci and gets a few impressions in. His impersonation of Vince McMahon is almost uncanny. He also does most of the swerve bits in the book (like the one where he claimed he hugged Eric Bischoff on his way out of WCW), and those are definitely funny. But, unfortunately, most of the narration is Foley just reading out of the book, which is cool since they're his own words, but isn't quite what I was expecting. I think some better direction could have helped here. Most of the book is covered in this recording. The only things that are spare in their discussion are his parents, his courtship of Collette, his last days in WCW, and Owen Hart. In fact, Owen wasn't even mentioned at all in this version, which is strange because Foley dedicated about 10 pages to him in the book. I was also hoping for some of the extra chapters that will be in the paperback version to be released next month. Still, it was an easy purchase, it's fun to listen to if you're going on a long drive somewhere, and it might be something cool to play to anybody you know that pooh-poohs wrestling. Russell Ray writes wrestling articles. [...] Reach him via email at russ316@msn.com.
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Summary: A Wrestler's Story
Review: Have a Nice Day wreaked of awesomeness (as Edge and Christian would say). Mick Foley, the writer, tells you all about his struggling journey to become a hardcore professional wrestler. Now, when autobiographies are written, the subject usually gets help by a ghostwriter, but this one man created this masterpiece on his own, The squeamish tale begins near the present of the unfortunate loss of his right ear (two-thirds of it to be exact). The story takes you throughout his life as a young wrestling fanatic, a gentle family man, and "hardcore legend". This man's three characters as a wrestler were Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind. He has given his all to impress the fans. This book explains his participation in the Japanese Death Matches (barbed wire ropes, c4 explosives, shiny thumbtacks, etc....) This 503 page account (760 notebook sheets) also tells you about a few injuries, or "boo boos" he might say. This man has been introduced to so much pain, he has become immune to most of it, making him somewhat inhuman. The injuries are as follows; ripped up ear, eight concussions, nose broken twice, broken jaw, dislocated shoulder, fractured left shoulder, broken left thumb, five broken ribs, bruised kidney, broken toe, torn meniscus, torn abdominal, broken right wrist, bone chips in elbow, two herniated discs, second degree burns on arm and shoulder, separated right shoulder, broken cheekbone, four front teeth knocked out, and over 325 stitches. The list goes on, but these are just a few to mention. Does this sound fiction to you? Can you believe that this man is still alive? I love this book, and I hope that others who read it do to.
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Summary: Have A Nice Day: A Tale Of Blood and Sweatsocks
Review: One wouldn't expect a wrestler of over 15 years to know much about writing, but yet again Mick Foley surprises us with his charm and childish since of humor. His first try at writing is what one might call a major success. His writing will make you wonder how many broken and fractured bones a single boy from Long Island, New York can take, and at the same time leave you laughing at his wacky and outragious stunts. I would suggest this to anyone who likes wrestling or anyone who just likes reading. In my opinion this deserved to be the New York Time's Best Seller. I hope you will enjoy this book like I did.
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Summary: Excellent wrestling book
Review: Mike Foley brings you into his world and the world of wrestling. A quick read, even at 500+, it is amazing. I recommend this to any die hard wrestling fan who appreciates blue collar wrestlers and the truth!
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Summary: The greatest book I have ever read
Review: I finally got the chance to buy Mick Foley's autobiography and read it and let me say that I am glad I did. This book was written by Foley himself and it features no "ghost" writer or anything like that. This is something that Mick wrote on 700+ sheets of paper and it is the tale of one of the greatest wrestling personalities of all time. In the book you'll read about how growing up Mick always idolized "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and how when he saw him dive of the top of the cage he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life. You'll learn all about Mick's days of getting paid barely any money to wrestle in some of the worst enviroments ever all the way up to when he won the WWF World Title and accomplished his childhood dream. The thing I found most astonishing was that he was only paid 300 bucks to wrestle in some of the most brutal matches I have ever heard of at the King of the Deathmatch tourney in Japan. Mick also cracks some hilarious jokes and tells all about the crazy things he did as a kid. The contest ribbing of Al Snow is also hilarious and I was laughing histarically while reading it. This is a must buy for all wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans alike.
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Summary: FOLEY IS GOD!
Review: This book is a must for any wrestling fan. Mick Foleys extraordinary tale jumps off the page with all the force of a steel chair shot. From WCW to WWF to his Japanese Death Matches you will not want to put the book down. The hardcore legend tells you how his dream came true, how against all the odds he became the WWF Champion. In the short time I've owned this book, I have already read it twice. I would highly recomend it anyone, wrestling fan or not. BANG BANG!
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Summary: Good Book...Honest and True. A bit long though.
Review: I started reading this book and really didnt see a reason why I needed to know about Mick Foley's high school life. After struggling through the first 3 chapters this book opens right up and was a very good read from there on in. The pictures are great and Mich Foley really is a great guy. You will like this book even if you are not a huge fan of wrestling.
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Summary: Surprisingly entertaining, honest autobiography
Review: I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised at how well this book was written. I suppose Mick Foley (aka Dude Love, Cactus Jack and Mankind) benefited from this reader's low expectations. This is not just a book about professional wrestling, although we readers will get a healthy dose of it, but about the personal life of Mick Foley as well. The best part of the book is Foley's high school and college days. I've heard people say that you never read an autobiography of a loser. Only "great people" write autobiographies. Now, I am reluctant to call Foley a loser, however, he freely admits that he was not part of the in crowd. In high school language, Foley would be called a dork. He's goofy, has an obsession with male genetalia, rock music, professinal wrestling and women (which he has absolutly NO luck with). Furthermore he writes in a stream-of-consienceness style that indicates that he is fully aware of his less-than-stellar public standing, wishes he was more popular, yet accepts the fact that he is who he is. From the beginning, Foley establishes himself as a person who we can all identify with. His days as an independant (read: poorly paid, minor league) wrestler makes for interesting reading, as does his days in his first major organization, WCW, and as he wrestles for major promotions in Japan. However, as he moves into ECW and the WWF, Foley tends to assume that the reader is familiar with this time of his life and the wrestling fan sub-culture in general. This, actually is my biggest criticism of the book: Foley tends to assume that the reader has a previous knowledge of professional wrestling. This reader happens to know a good deal of it, but if Foley hoped to acheive his goal of having non-wrestling fans read the book and gain a respect for the work pro wreslters do, I imagine he will fall short because of the previously mentioned criticism. While Foley did succeed in raising the reputation of professional wrestlers in this reader's eyes (some of the "bumps" he and others take during matches for the entertainment of the fans is simply amazing), I believe others will become confused reading the book. In all, this easy-to-read autobiography is an excellent, entertaining and thought provoking work from a man whose line of work is generally not respected in society. This book is recommended.
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Summary: Have a nice day is a great story
Review: this book tells the adventurouse story of pro wrestler Mick Foley's career. This book was great, and leaves a good impression about the sport when you are done. A great book for wrestling fans, too. If you have the choice, choose Mick's book over The Rock's, because Have a Nice Day is much better.
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