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Summary: Mick Foley: And this book is better than the first
Review: This book is great so far, I just started it today. This one is a little more appropriate for your kid's, because of less swear words, and less pages if they're not big readers. But be aware this book is only for the people that read the first book, "Have a Nice Day!", because it picks up right where the first book left off. I give this book 4 stars because it's not as original as the first, but it matches up to it pretty closely. Over all, a great book, and I've come to learn that Mick Foley's books, or writing is never boring.
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Summary: Mick Foley Does it again
Review: I bought this book today and finished it just a little while ago. Foley is Good is just as good as his first book. While he continues on from where his first book left off, he touches on subjects as Owen Hart's death and backyard wrestling. and what Foley book wouldn't be complete without the usual jokes toward Al Snow, Test, and the Mean Street Posse. Buy this book
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Summary: Like Having Coffee with an Earless Friend.
Review: There are very few authors who manage to give you the warm feeling Mick Foley does. As you read the book you can almost picture the one ear wonder sitting right there with you. This is an amazing trick and (although I have never said this about another man before)he is an amazing human being.The first book Foley wrote was a phenomenal autobiography. This book is more a collection of funny and insightful stories mixed in with some very serious thoughts on important topics (parenting, violence, censorship etc.). When he wants to be funny, Foley is hilarious. I actually had a guy on Metro North move his seat because of my out loud laughter (or was it the White Castle I had for lunch?). When Foley gets serious he gets very serious and thorough. The research he put into the whole PTC and censorship was impressive. He really did his homework and it adds a lot of validity to his points (unlike the PTC that uses manipulation). The enjoyment level of spending time with Mick can not be measured. We should be very thankful that he decided to share this interesting world with us...after all it could have been Al Snow who wrote a book instead.
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Summary: Better than the First !!!
Review: Foley is indeed good!!! And this book is that much better. It continues right on from where the first book left off, his winning the WWF Title. His story contains extrodinary accounts of "behind the curtain" action blended with the true human side of the performers that enter the ring for our entertainment. Foley uses a wonderful mesh of humor, lightheartedness and harsh truth and reality, to describe the world that he has lived his entire life. From the wicked chair shots to the hugs from his adoring wife and children, Foley paints a picture of the world that cannot be seen through watching wrestling on television. I recommend this book to all wrestling fans and to anyone who wants to know what the true life of a wrestler is all about.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: Foley has once again come up with histerical anticdotes and a wealth of insider stories that wrestling fans will adore, while also showing that he is indeed a great STORYTELLER, which will have non wrestling fans who loved his first book coming back for more. This book is at once intense, funny, and just a good read.
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Summary: Amazingly Astounding!!!!!
Review: As strange as it may seem, I've actually had this book for about a week now. For some reason my local book store had put it out a week early. I jumped at the chance to buy it, and managed to read it over only three nights. This book starts off right where Mick left off in "Have A Nice Day." The stories he has to tell this time around are just the best. The way in which Mick recounts some of his classic encounters in and out of the ring are just astounding. His memory is simply fantastic for matters such as these. He even has a few interesting opinions on such topics as backyard wrestling. His commishionership would have been a great topic to put more focus on, but the book is superb nonetheless. I don't want to ruin it by saying too much, but this book is a must buy for any wrestling fan, or even the non-wrestling fan as the book provides for an enlightening read, that as the jacket suggests, is a "roller-coaster ride." And on this ride, you won't want to get off.
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Summary: Trully Insightful
Review: I will admit to being a Foley fan since the very first time I actually sat and watched a wrestling show. There is something about Mick Foley that I just can not explain. When his first book, "Have A Nice Day", was published we bought it immediately and both my husband and I read it, fighting for control over it, as we both didn't want to put it down. I really enjoyed getting the inside view of wrestling and of the life of my favorite wrestler Mick. But "Foley is Good" just blew me away. These two books are the only Autobiographies I have ever finished. Foley is funny, witty, heart touching, poinent, dramatic, and thought provoking. His books are easy to read and even a non-wrestling fan would find them enjoyable just for the humor in them. But "Foley is Good" is more then just humor. He opens himself up to us all. We see his hopes, his dreams, his heartache for Owen Hart's tragic death, his feelings for his family, and his very strong views on the PTC among others. He talks of censurship, parenting, the hardship of attempting to live ones dream. He expresses regret and remorse of actions that he has taken that have upset his family. He was allowed and willing to express his opinion of things he think was/is done wrong in WWF today. You can see the love he has for his family. How much they mean to him. You can see his sense of honor. And his intelligence. Yes this book is funny. I rarely laugh out loud when reading, but he had me laughing hard. I also rarely cry when reading, but the chapter on Owen did me in there. Yet what sticks in my mind the most was the feeling you get for Foley's love for life. He lives it to its fullest (and in some cases hardest). We could all learn from Foley about how to love, laugh, take responsiblity as parents, and cry. The title says it all. Foley is Good.
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Summary: A more honest work you won't find
Review: Unlike Foley's first book, which dealt with his humble beginnings and his rise in pro wrestling, "Foley is Good" focuses more on the aftermath, his life away from work, and his thoughts on various issues. Rather than go on about his deathmatches, injuries, and Al Snow jokes (oh wait, those are in there) Foley focuses on telling things how he believes they are. In fact, my favourite part of "Foley Is God" is the last quarter of the book where he discusses the various problems that the WWF has encountered recently. The chapter on the PTC (Parents Teachers Council, a group bent on cleaning up TV by ridding us of wrestling) is extremely informative, and would challenge anyone who believes that "wrestling is evil". At the most, this book is an enjoyable look at a sport truly loved by its author. It shows wrestling in it's true light, which makes this a perfect read for non-fans. Although it does lag in places, the book more than makes up for the weak spots with stories like Foley's encounter with Britney Spears and the setimental look at the late Owen Hart. This is definately the most honest, indepth look at wrestling you'll ever pick up.
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Summary: Almost as good...
Review: Foley IS Good, but this second attempt at an autobiography falls short of his first. That is not to take anything away from this attempt, but simply to say that his prior work "Have a Nice Day" is definatley superior. A great read for any fan of professional wrestling or a great story from a boy from Long Island, NY. Read his first autobiography first, though.
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Summary: He's made impossible possible...Again
Review: I finished Foley's first book, "Have a Nice Day" in record time. In fact, I remember the night I bought it, I stayed awake until 3:00am, having read the entire book from cover to cover. As a life-long wrestling fan, I am amazed at Mick Foley's ability to remember (in great detail) the moments in his life that are now forever etched in the pages of a literary masterpiece. "Foley is Good"...if possible...is twice as good as Mick's first #1 New York Times Bestseller. As I write this, I'm only on page 366. That won't deter my five star rating. The rest of this book could [stink] and I wouldn't be disappointed. I have laughed hard enough to almost suck a candy cane up my nose, and cried through pages 166-176, which honor the life and legacy of Owen Hart. I have relived an entire WWF Pay-Per-View from September 1996, and a match between Foley and Shawn Michaels that almost tore the roof from Philadelphia's First Union Center. (Mick remembers this contest as the Greatest Match of his career, and from the nosebleed section of the arena, I wholeheartedly agreed. It was my first time attending a PPV, and certainly a night I will never forget) It is also clear in this book that Foley is a phenomenal human being...a man who loves life and loved his career...but prides himself on being a loving husband and father. His total honesty is admirable, and it is with this approach that Mick tackles controversial topics like drug use in pro wrestling. The sincerity with which Foley writes is evident in a book that you'll have a hard time putting down. The critics once said that a wrestler couldn't be a writer...and that once he became a writer, he wouldn't sell his books. Mick Foley made the impossible possible...AGAIN.
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