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Rock Say, The

Rock Say, The

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Average
Review: After goin through Mick Foley's book, you'll probably give the Rock credit for his book. And it seems you should because neither Mick or Rock have a background in writing their own biographies.

In short, its an easy read, not much depth, but straight to the point nevertheless. The book goes through the routine of explaining the Rock's life from young in the Rock's own words. But as you progress further, you'll realize that its starts to get rather shallow. You'll get more info on his matches and promos towards the end of his book. The Rock obviously has more wrestling years left in him, and its hard for him to say much during this time..... give him a few more years, and maybe if he writes another book, it will allow him to cover more ground in greater detail.

My recommendation is that if you're a true Rock fan or WWF wrestling, its a good pickup but don't expect too much, esp if you've picked up Mick's book first. I'll say, get this first, then Micks.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great book ruined by third person chapters
Review: This is tale of two books. One is a straightforward biography which is a real page turner. The other is third person rants by The Rock about some of his matches which are horrible. I basically skipped entire chapters since they are basically the exact same things with a few names and dates changed. One the ghostwriter was thinking when he included this crap is beyond me. So enjoy the first 2/3 of the book because you WILL be let down by the end.

Rating: 1 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 2 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 4 stars
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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