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Summary: THis is a book to remember
Review: W. Somerset Maugham once said, "The only important thingin a book is the meaning it has for you." With that said, Ihighly recommend this book to future readers because the book was written in great detail that one absorbs inside its plot. H.G. Bissinger wrote a fantastic documentary on this football team. His documentary was written from different perspectives ranging from the fans to the players themselves. His writing on the player's perspective of football was so vivid that I could feel the ups and downs of the team. When the players were happy after winning a game, I felt happy as well. It felt like I was part of the team. His writing was in great detail, explaining what was going through the players' minds, whether it be good or bad. Also, Bissinger wrote from the perspective of the fans and how they experienced Permian Football. Through his writing I understood what football meant to Permian fans; football is not just a sport or about winning, but the fans went to support Permian for the love of the game. H.G. Bissinger will always touch the heart of his readers as well as the people he writes about. There is an old saying that "writing comes more easily if you have something to say." And definitely H.G. Bissinger had something to say about Permian Football.
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Summary: Disturbing and Sad
Review: An excellent account overall -- disturbing, engrossing, and ultimately very, very sad. My only criticisms:1. The author's breathless, metaphor-happy style gets a bit tiring toward the book's end. 2. The exploration of gender roles and sexism at Permian High School and in the larger community of Odessa was far too brief. I was outraged and fascinated by the slavish role that the Pepettes and cheerleaders played at Permian. I wondered how the players' mothers felt about their sons participating in such a brutal sport, and whether they encouraged their daughters to participate in athletics. I wanted to know how many people attended girls' sporting events at Permian, and whether the girls' and boys' sports programs were funded equally (What was the reaction in the community to Title IX in 1972?). Bissinger writes thoughtful, lengthy descriptions of race relations, economic divisions, and political leanings in Odessa, and I felt that the gender divide deserved at least as much attention as those topics.
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Summary: i think that this book is great for high school athletes
Review: this book shines great light on thelife of the football players and l the town that they live in and the rivalrie between towns.
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Summary: 48 minutes to play, a lifetime to remember!
Review: I was a three year starting quarterback for a smaller west texas high school. This book brought back all of those glorious memories for me! For those of you who have not played, this is an ideal book. --I dropped the book off at one of my ex-teammates house one day after he had came in from working in the oilfield. I asked him to read it and give me his opinion. 2 weeks later he called me around 1:30 in the morning while I was at college. He was crying, softly he said that he could not finish reading it. --For those of us who have played, it will touch a nerve!! --5 years later I am still trying to get him to finish the book...
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Summary: An all time classic
Review: Bissinger is an incredible storyteller. His look inside the life of a prominent Texas HS team is superb. The day by day description of the season really grips you. I feel like I understand big time high school ball much better having read this book.
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Summary: Not only a good book about football, but life in general.
Review: This is an excellent book about a town that is torn apart by the oil bust and how they all share the glory of High School Football. It is a really good book that made me step back and look at my values.
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Summary: THE GREATEST BOOK SINCE THE BIBLE!
Review: This book is without a doubt one of the greatest books I have ever read. With being a three-year varsity letterman in football at my high school, I can relate to some of the pressures and hardships that the players at Permian high had. No one can really understand the excitement of playing under the lights on Friday night until you are out on the field lined up against someone as exited as much as you are. Some of the problems the players face are not just faced when you are out on the field, whether you are on the field or not you face problems everyday of your life, like whether to go to the party on Saturday night or go out with your friends and stay out of trouble. When Boobie got hurt they just kind of left him out of everything, and that was not very cool he was probably one of the best players on the team. When I got hurt my coaches helped me get back to my full potential as soon as I could and that is how it should be in every program. I would highly recommend this book to anyone I think this book should be a required book to read in class.
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Summary: wow! I knew it would be good but not THIS good!
Review: I have been looking forward to this book for several yers, since I saw the author on a talk show when the book debuted. It's long been on my list of "Oh, I've been meaning to read that" and when I discovered a copy on a colleague's bookshelf, I borrowed it and finally fufilled that "meant to." I read the book in two days and wished I had read it all those years ago so I could have been recommending it to everyone I know, including my brother (a high school football player). This is a beautifully written book, the kind of non-fiction that turns non-readers into bookworms. What an honest look at football and at America. Don't miss this one.
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Summary: Best book i've ever read; next to the bible.
Review: Friday Night Lights is a sad but true story about Texas High School football. I will speak from expierence of playing for 3 seasons. Granted not in Odessa, but in Richardson TX, where football is the only ticket in town on a Friday Night. The documentary written by, H.G. Bissinger is exteremely true. The pressure is second to none and the great sacrifice surpasses all. I can relate with every one of the players talked about throughout the book and their feelings towards the game and life itself. No one can understand the story unless they have lived and expierenced it. Friday Night Lights will forever be a classic and a heart-felt documentary
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Summary: If it was a movie, no one would believe it.
Review: Easy to read and ,unless you've lived in Tevas, difficult to believe. God help us if the parents in Odessa ever start really backing science fair projects.
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