Audiobook19 minutes
Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys
Written by James Patterson
Narrated by Bronson Pinchot
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
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About this audiobook
A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
Author
James Patterson
James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.
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Reviews for Guys Read
Rating: 2.8863636181818184 out of 5 stars
3/5
22 ratings5 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Overall it was a pretty good book, but you have to be a Dallas fan already to get the most out of it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I sat down one Saturday to read Boys Will Be Boys, about the 1990 Dallas Cowboys, and couldn’t put it down. This book chronicles the hard partying team that won three Super Bowls in four years and is definitively the team of the 1990’s.
Given the drinking, drugs, women, and super hard partying this team engaged in during their run in the 1990’s it is simply amazing that they were able to win championships. I’m not sure if it is a testament to just what phenomenal athletes these men were, or their dedication to football and winning despite their debauched lifestyle off the field. According to this book it seems nearly the entire team, with the exception of a few like stars like Troy Aikman, were engaged in a wild years long party off the field, while racking up wins and championships off of it.
Michael Irvin, the Hall of Fame wide receiver and guard Nate Newton appear to be the ringleaders of this band of imbibers. Of course Irvin has been busted enough times with drugs and women that it comes as no surprise. What is surprising is just how pervasive the lifestyle was. Certainly we all know there are a handful of players on every team that lead pretty wild lifestyles, but how a team that seemed to be immersed so deeply in drinking and womanizing (and presumably other illicit activities as well) could be so successful is really amazing.
Another completely bizarre character is defensive end Charles Haley. Basically run out of San Francisco by his teammates for his horrible behavior, he nearly fit right in with the Dallas Cowboys. This nasty fellow was known for exposing himself to his teammates and constantly harassing them and stirring up trouble. Only professional athletes could ever get by with the horrendous behavior and bizarre antics of Haley.
There is also plenty of other inside information about the 1990 Cowboys. We learn more about Troy Aikman and his leadership on the field. And of course there is great detail about coach Jimmy Johnson who turned a blind eye to off field behaviors as long as the team kept winning. We follow how he turned a losing team into a powerhouse with adroit drafting, his arrogant yet winning ways, and his falling out with owner Jerry Jones, when two Texas sized egos found they could not coexist. We also get a view of the inevitable decline after the inept blowhard Barry Switzer took over as head coach.
All in all this was a wildly informative book about a wild but winning team. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I own three of Pearlman's books and enjoy them all, but there's this undefinable something that's missing from his writing. It's the difference between being "pretty good" and "really good," though I'm not really sure how to describe it. Well, one thing I DO have a big issue with is his penchant for reminding you who people are that he's already introduced a couple of pages ago. This is prevalent in all of his work that I've read...I don't recall it being as bad in this one, but it still crops up. Anyways, this is a pretty interesting look at the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s. Not terribly in-depth, and as another reviewer noted, the partying seems to get more coverage than the actual games, but there's still enough football content to whet your appetite (I particularly enjoyed the Super Bowl XXX section). This is worth a read, but don't expect too much.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The quality of the recording made it unlistenable very poor
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A slice-of-life story that really does not go much of anywhere.