Messier: Hockey's Dragonslayer

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Summary: The Mess is all cleaned up
Review: A great read....filled with insights and facts on how messier became the great player he is today. Great perspectives on mess from players to coaches to writers. A must read for hockey fans of all ages.

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Summary: Enigma Revealed
Review: I truly did not enjoy this effort. I gleaned no further insight into the character that is Mark Messier. I wanted to at least hear about his personal life and all of the super models that he socialized with

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Summary: Generic Fluff
Review: Mark Messier is and always will be my favorite hockey player but this book provides no original insight into his character whatsoever. The book offers the same repetitve praise over and over about what great leader he is without ever touching upon the other sides of his personality, particularly the darker and more personal aspects that we don't get to read about in the paper. This book could have been written in a week.

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Summary: Generic Fluff
Review: This is a must read for Messier fans and Ranger fans alike. It follows Messier's career and provides some insight on the trade that sent Mess to Vancouver. The foreward by Brian Leetch was very interesting.

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Summary: Weak Effort
Review: This was 210pgs. of mishmash quotations. The character of Messier was never adequately developed. Moreover, such details as Messier's battle with drugs were never even mentioned as it would have upset the author's contention that Messier's only vice was his propensity to curse in front of men.

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Summary: Refreshing!
Review: Well written! Keeps you interested and waiting to find out what happens next. Mr. Carpiniello has given the reader a lovely glimpse into the career of a wonderful athlete. As a hockey mom whose son greatly admires this superstar, I am grateful for a biography that celebrates the leader, the nice guy. In answer to "Horrible", who cares whom the athletes go out with and who doesn't assume that they do? Fill in the blanks or read Jackie Collins. On target to what the sport is about. The hard work, the dedication and the will to win! Well done!