Reviews

The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery by Thad Ziolkowski

celltheory's review

4.0

I really do love a good lyrical book about sports and this mostly delivered. I was more interested in the actual breakdown/comparison of addiction and surfing, less so the anecdotal stories, but they didn't feel like they dragged or anything. I am fascinated by the mentality of surfers contrasted to their reputation because I never thought they actually matched and this was a completely different spin on something I wasn't aware of, so that was cool. Big wave surfing will never not be insane to me and I do genuinely wish I felt that passionate about something.

sealungs's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

3.75

I really do love a good lyrical book about sports and this mostly delivered. I was more interested in the actual breakdown/comparison of addiction and surfing, less so the anecdotal stories, but they didn't feel like they dragged or anything. I am fascinated by the mentality of surfers contrasted to their reputation because I never thought they actually matched and this was a completely different spin on something I wasn't aware of, so that was cool. Big wave surfing will never not be insane to me and I do genuinely wish I felt that passionate about something.