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Tara Lipinski : Triumph on Ice

Tara Lipinski : Triumph on Ice

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This is a great book.It is really great if you are into Tara
Review: This books it really a helpful book. 1st, it tells you all about Tara, and her life, then it tells you all about skating moves, groups, and competions!!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great book for kids ages 9-12!
Review: This is a children's book and the writing/vocabulary is definitely aimed at the 9-12 year old market, with its large print, double spacing, and exclamation points. So if you're over the age of 12 and looking for a more in-depth autobiography, you'll be disappointed. The book is cheery, lightweight, and designed to entertain Tara's young fans. It is also a good "read aloud" book because parents will have fun with all those exclamation points.

I don't think this book was ever marketed as a book for the 12 and older crowd, so I'm a bit puzzled at previous reviews complaining that the book is "childish" because after all, it is a children's book.

My real criticism lies with the co-author Emily Costello and other parties involved in the creation of this book. Given Ms. Lipinski's busy schedule at the time this book was published, I doubt that she even penned one word. Ms. Lipinski has always been very confident in herself and perhaps she is justified, given all that she has accomplished. But in an effort to reflect Tara's confident attitude and her youth enthusiasm, co-author Emily Costello overdid it and made Tara sound conceited, self-serving and full of herself. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on Ms. Costello's writing...perhaps this book is more of a product of Tara's Publicity Grabbing/Media Hungry Parents and Agent rather than Ms. Costello's.

Hopefully Tara will hire a new team of writers/editors and actually write a more in-depth and mature autobiography once she becomes an adult and has experienced more in life than just figure skating.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A very great book , very much like Tara herself.
Review: This is a very good book. I've probably read it 5 times! I tells in a very interesting way the story of Tara's life.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Fluff, fluff, fluff
Review: This is a very shallow book, you can tell it was written by a 15 year-old! She always uses the term's "excellent" and "great". This is a must-not have.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: THIS IUS A GREAT BOOK ABOUT 15 YEAR OLD TARA LIPINSKI.ALTHOUGHTH SHE IS ONLY 15 SHE HAS ACOMPLISHED ALOT IN HER LIFE.I REALLY ENJOYED READING THIOS GREWAT BOOK.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: hjgfffffffffff
Review: this was a great book for tara lipinski fans. Yeah Baby!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: get a sense of reviews
Review: To any body reviwing this book. The reader from newyork ny does not know what he is talking about,

thankyou

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A must have for all Tara Lipinski fans and skaters.
Review: Triumph on Ice is one of the best books I have ever read. Tara paints a excellent picture of her private life and skating life. From 3 years old to 15 years old, she tells of her competitions and events important to her life. From begining to end it's a complete success.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Very Neat Book on Tara Lipinski
Review: Triumph on Ice is told by Tara Lipinski to Emily Costello. It tells how she started skating from learning how to roller skate. She tried to find a coach by going all around the country. She played roller hockey when she was little, too. She became very good friends with Todd Eldridge. He helps her with all her jumps and things. I think it is a very good book to read because I love to ice skate. I also like it because it's nice to know about someone else's life. By:Rachel Elkin

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Fluff
Review: Um, this is just how I pictured it: Tara showed a lack of maturity on and off the ice; like her skating, this book shows how self-centered and cold she is about not being sincere to anybody but she just think she is the best. I would have given it no stars at all.


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