Book Reviews of Bleachers

Me and a couple of friends read this book for school and we all loved it. It's a sad tale of a small town losing they're amazing football coach, Coach Rake, that led them to many victories and an all-american quarterback, Neely Crenshaw, coming back to his small hometown to mourn the death of his coach. In this book the characters share many stories of thier times with Rake and what really went on in the locker room during the championship game.

I hope this is one of the next movies made out of one of his books for the layout was very well done. I am not much of a football fan though I felt I traveled back in history as each character told their story.

I had a hard time getting started with this, but once I got into it, it was a decent book. I don't consider myself a big Grisham fan. The style of writing just doesn't work for me.

High School football team mates who return to their high school after their coach edies and the impact he had on each of their lives... very different John Grisham book!!! Quick read!!!

A different Grisham book but a very easy read. About a group of football stars from a small town back for their old coaches funeral. I think guys would like this book for the play by play of the past games they played. Loved it myself, and I'm not a guy.

It was not the crime novels I am used to by Grisham, but it takes us back to the teen years of his main character, and how he feels, and used to feel about someone.

Different for Grisham...enjoyed reading from his different perspective.

A very small, but enjoying read. Certainly different from the other Grisham books.

This book is a great read for the lover of football. It shows a truth to how a once loved football player can loose love and fail all without knowing it till the end when it is too late. John Grisham is a great writer and the book won't take long to get through it. I think every young football player should read it!

I didn't really like this book, but I think it may just not be my kind of story. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen and it just never did.

This was one of the few Grisham books I was not disapointed with. There was actually an ending! If you like this one try Skipping Christmas, it was really funny and not at all a Grisham read.

A brief story following the obsession of a small town with football and the bonds between players and coaches. This is a short book that will be most of interest to those that played, had football in their family, or grew up in a town like Messina - where football was the one thing that the town had together.

This book is a very accurate portrayal of high school footballl in the South both from the view of the player and then later on from the same player as they face life in the non-football world.I moved to Texas six years ago and if I would have read this book when I was still in California I would have thought it was an exaggeration to make a good story.It is not. I live in a small town in Texas and every Friday at least 1/4 of the town is out at the high school Football game. Elementary kids have spirit days where the highschool football players come and sign autographs. It was very well written, I agree with the 4 1/2 stars it was given because it does drag in places.

loved it

A terrific All-American novel.

A different kind of John Grisham book, but it was good.

Good story, but sad.

I did not like one thing about this book. Might be a mans book since it is about men and sports. I was very dissappointed since I like Grisha

Football story. Not typical John Grisham novel.

No legalese in this Grisham novel. Lots of nostalgia.

One-dimensional characters gather to say farewell to their iconic high school football coach, Eddie Rake. This controversial figure touched the lives of all of his players over the thirty years that he coached the Messina Spartans. What makes the story appealing, is that the main character, Neely Crenshaw is so believable, the divorced, former All-American quarterback who suffered a career-ending knee injury.
It appears that this book is really a short story, an assignment from writing class that begins something like, pick a moment where you felt profound emotion and blow it up. This story is really one moment in time that is exploded over a course of three days.

This book is very good. Is is set with a sports like theme but has a deep meaning to it. I do not like sports in anyway but this book was excellent.

High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake-or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach-and himself-before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.

From my parents. They love John Grisham but they weren't crazy about this book. Deals with baseball.

An interesting story about past football players in a small town and how they remember their coach. A departure from the typical John Grisham, but a great read.

High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty...For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach--and himself--before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.

Not one of Grisham's best, but still excellent.

This was a pretty good story...not great.

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