Book Reviews of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

After watching the movie on DVD we obtained and read this book. It is truly a journey for Michael and wonderfully researched by the author. Pages and pages about coaches like Parcell, Walsh and the fire history of Lawrence Taylor provides a clear insight into the NFL as well as college coaches, high school amidst the problems of a cross cultural true story.
Even after reading it a first time, I went back and read parts again, and again.
If you are a football fan at any level, this you WILL enjoy. Magnificant true story.

The Blind Side is an incredibly interesting and informative book about a poor African-American's escape from poverty to being adopted by a rich, White, conservative, Southern family and heavily recruited by the top college football programs in the country. This is set against the backdrop of a changing NFL.

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An excellent analysis on the evolution of the passing game in football and the need for a special type of person to play left tackle and guard the quarterback's "blind side." Also a fantastic human interest story. The movie (for which Sandra Bullock wins the Best Actress Oscar) covers the human interest stuff very well. The book has a great deal more on the evolution of the passing game. Much like the author's previous work "Moneyball" (about baseball), this book is highly readable even if you are not a sports fan.

its a great read - about a kid born to a set of parents who never learned to care for themselves and could not/would not care for their many children - this kid managed to get a lucky lotto ticket and meet a family that was willing to care for him, love him, see to it that his best interests were looked after - I enjoyed the book for the family story but its very heavy on the football strategy - I may know the pro team names but I know little of how to play let alone the strategy involved - so that part of the book was certainly educational but i could have done without it

I know more about football than I expected to know. Good read.

Great book. Gives a background on football and why players are paid what they are paid as well as Michael Ohers story.

After watching the movie, I bought the book asap. It was a great read, well-written and very engaging even for someone who is not a football fan by any stretch of the imagination. I plan on working it into my history elective syllabus.

I'm not a very eloquent writer, so I'll keep this short and sweet. This book is fabulous.

I thought the book was interesting. It certainly was not the same book as the movie, which, it turns out, provides a star vehicle for Sandra Bullock.

Nevertheless, I learned a lot about football...which I do enjoy.

But in the long football narratives dragged the book a bit.

Still, I do recommend it!

I'll admit after seeing the movie, I became intrigued by Michael Oher. The thing to remember with this book is the title says it all. "The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game." This is not just the story of Michael Oher but an explanation of the changing game of football which made Micheal Oher such a commodity. It was those chapters that I liked the least. I almost can't imagine going into this book with no football knowledge at all. Luckily, I grew up watching many of the names written about. I feel like that story of Michael Oher deserved a solid 4 stars where the "evolution of a game" part deserved a mere 3 stars.

This is one book you will always want in your library for the true story of how one family help a homeless young man become a Famous Football Hero. Dreams do come true.