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A review by libreroaming
Final Season by Tim Green
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A sports book that deals with some serious topics. Ben's father is a football legend but the damage his years of defensive tackling have taken its toll as he develops ALS. Despite this heavy issue, the book is firmly focused on Ben's trials as a quarterback. The warring discussion of whether or not he will play football, or should play football in light of how the game damaged his father, is a running topic but not a consuming one. Tim Green's personal history as a pro player with ALS informs the book, although I think non-football fans would get a little lost in the terminology, especially at the final game that takes up 20% of the book.
A sports book that deals with some serious topics. Ben's father is a football legend but the damage his years of defensive tackling have taken its toll as he develops ALS. Despite this heavy issue, the book is firmly focused on Ben's trials as a quarterback. The warring discussion of whether or not he will play football, or should play football in light of how the game damaged his father, is a running topic but not a consuming one. Tim Green's personal history as a pro player with ALS informs the book, although I think non-football fans would get a little lost in the terminology, especially at the final game that takes up 20% of the book.