Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
by H. G. Bissinger
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Book Reviews of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Book Review: Friday Night Lights review
Summary: 3 Stars
Friday Night Lights is a very interesting book, H.G. Bissinger. If you are very into football, and statistics on football, then this book is for you. Although this book does not have very much football involved in it, it still gives you a good view on the outside life of a football player. Since this book was turned into a movie, you can watch that, because there are differences between the book and the movie. If you think that this book is all about football, then you are wrong, and possibly this book is not for you.
In my humble opinion, the movie is much better than the actually book. This is because, in the book, it tells you of the lives of the kids, and not so much about those Fridays that they play football on. The main story in the book, is about what is going on in between each game, and how the survive those days before their big games. Every now and then, the football players do something that would normally get them in trouble, but they always seem to find ways to get out of all of it.
Problems are constantly occurring for the football players at Permian High. These are happening on and off the field. Occasionally, these certain problems were able to be repaired, but some of them were life long issues, such as injuries that appear during games, and around them.
Most sports books are a lot like Friday Night Lights, because it still shows what the reality of playing a sport or many sports is. This is a good book if you are a casual reader, given as much time of reading that you like. This is a pretty easy book to read, and will not take a lot of time to complete. I do recommend this book to adults, because younger kids may find it boring.
Book Review: Friday Night Knockout
Summary: 5 Stars
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Simply amazing, H.G Bissinger truly captures the thrill high school football in a book. AS look into the lives of the high school football players of Odessa,Texas, Friday Night Lights chronicles the emotions of players, games and the community of Odessa.
The detail of this book is amazing. From the very first page H.G. Bissinger uses impressive imagery to showcase Odessa. His diction paints a vivid image of the town of Odessa. as the book moves on to other topics such as racism Bissinger tends to sharpen his craft using min biographies from community members as flashbacks to keep the reader involved. The description of the games is just as pure. As a former HS football player and a huge fan of the movie I found this book very interesting. It kept my attention the whole way through. Personally I felt it was just as good if not better then the movie. it was nice to see how the movie and the book compared and differed. I would definitely suggest this book to anyone. Football fans or not. I think this is a great book for anyone who hasn't seen the movie. As someone who read the book after I saw the movie I would recommend that if you've seen the movie and haven't read the book this is a MUST READ. All in all, GREAT BOOK.
Book Review: Frieday Night Lights
Summary: 4 Stars
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play football in Texas? Not only that, but infront of 20,000 screaming fans? That is what it is like to play for the Permian Panthers. The school is in a tiny town in Odessa, Texas which is mostly used for oil. But on Friday night, it is all about football.
I personally thought that this book was pretty good. One of the reasons is because I am a football fan. If you don't like football you won't like this book very much. The only part I really didn't like was the ending. I'm not going to spoil it though.
The reason I really liked this book as well, is because it goes into detail. During the games it says every detail. From the look of the jersey, to the pace of the game. I just loved it. I think that if you like football or competition then read this book, but if you don't, do not read it.
Book Review: frday night review
Summary: 5 Stars
Friday night lights, is awesome book it is about at football team called the Permian Panthers which is a team in Texas. This story is taking place in 1988.It is based on a true story. The team is trying to do the same thing they always do and that's go to state. Their first game was a blow out but they lost there best play Boobie Miles, but in the games to come they have a new stare player emerge. They won all but two of their games and their fates lie with a coin.
I liked this book because it was about football and triumph, and I also liked this book because it was almost pure luck that they made it that far.
I would recommend this book to someone that likes football.
Book Review: Superb book on culture, values, and football
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a remarkable book about high school football and American culture. Author Hal Bissinger spent months in the west Texas town of Odessa, following the Panthers of Permian High School during their exciting 1988 season. The author captures the feel of the town and the many heart-stopping moments as the Panthers contend for the state title. Readers see that the Panthers are a perennial contender via a combination of solid coaching, endless practice and determined players. Of course, the town's fanatical populace helps - how many high schools have stadiums that seat 19,000 fans? We also get to know several personalities; Gary Gaines is a skilled and hard-working coach, but may be too nice for his job. Quarterback Mike Winchell is likeable, shy and non-confident, while linebacker Ivory Christian mixes talent and ambitions of becoming a minister with skepticism for the football circus to which he's addicted. The author also covers the town's sociology, racial strains, educational system, stagnant oil economy, and conservative politics.
This is more than just a great book about football - it's also a striking look at U.S. Culture and our attachment to sports (one that apparently angered some in Odessa). This superb effort was turned into a pretty good 2004 movie starring Billy Bob Thornton.