A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho
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Book Reviews of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
Book Review: Leaving me wanting for a Second Coming - Save me Y2J!
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked this book. Many a times I found myself chuckling loudly when reading it. Since I mainly read on my lunchbreaks at my two jobs, other people kept staring at me funny every day! Haw! If you know Y2J from WWE television, his character, how he does his promos - that is pretty much how he writes. There is never any doubt, that this subject is near and dear to his heart and that this book was a labor of love - so it's obviously not to be ridiculed. This is his passion, his life. But he manages to interject just the right amount of humor. He does it in a way that it is not silly, but it shows that he doesn't take himself too seriously. It shows that he is only human and it makes him even more likeable. I've been lucky enough to have met Chris 4 times and he has been nothing but nice and curteous to me EVERY time. Even though I obviously don't know him personally, I feel like I do know him a little better after reading this book. The only bone I have to pick with this memoir is that it ended right as he finally breaks into the WWE. That's only the first part of his life! I wanted more of the second part! I mean, it's a logical end for the book - and maybe he'll come out with another one. I just figured, that, since he had taken a break from WWE he would include his experiences there as well. I'm hoping for a "Second Coming" to save me!
Book Review: Hilarious, yet inspirational.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a wrestling fan for several years now and I've read many books written by WWE wrestlers, but this one is by far in my top 3. I became a fan of Chris Jericho's as soon as I got into WWE (which by the way was a surprise to me, being a really high-maintenance, city girl) and I've been following his career for a long time now. When I heard he had a book coming out I couldn't wait to read it, and it did not disappoint. I read this book very quickly, I couldn't put it down. Not only did it make me laugh so hard at times that I had to put the book down before I could keep reading, it also made me cry because of all of the hard times Chris went through to get where he is today.
Any fan, male or female, young or old, of Chris Jericho, or even just WWE in general, will love this book. A Lion's Tale will inspire you and make you an even bigger fan of his. I have recommended this book to all of my friends and now I'm doing so here. Read this book, you won't be disappointed.
Book Review: Best wrestling biography
Summary: 5 Stars
To phrase Bret Hart on the back of the book "I liked how Chris Jericho's charm rings through on every page". I read the book and it was like I had Jericho's voice in my head reading it to me. The book is very funny and overal a well done book. I dont know who Peter Thomas Fornatale is but I dont really think he had much to do with the book. I hope WWE puts this out on dvd in 2008 and I hope Jericho writes the sequel. I also appauld Jericho for including Benoit in this book and not to rewrite wrestling history. I can tell WWE didnt promote this book because it included Benoit and a few pictures of him. Last year from Christmas I got Shawn Michaels book and read it in a day, this year is was Jericho's book. Highly recommend to all the Jerichoholics and wrestling fans alike.
The end of the book is sad because it lists how many wrestlers have died in the past ten years or so. They were ones who Jericho knew but its alarming how many of them have died.
Book Review: Funnier than Foley and a good story over all
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, there's now a new book wrestling fans can honestly recommend to non-wrestling fans about wrestling. That makes 2, you know what the other one is.
I'm not generally a laugh-out-loud kind of guy (my hero, Lance Storm, is in this a lot since he was in the same variation of the dungeon class with CJ. There's a few good stories there alone). I was laughing constantly.
This is very much Jericho. There's another guy who gets credit for something, but it seems strictly organizational. This is also a good example of a religous person being able to acknowledge their faith without being preachy (and while swearing like a mo-fo about living the rockstar lifestyle).
The book also has some great flow, it doesn't come across as just a series of anecdotes (this was probably that other guys job).
Al Snow fans will be glad to know that somebody finally gets a couple of good shots in at Foley in a book people will actually read.
Book Review: Unmistakable Voice
Summary: 5 Stars
Every professional wrestler hoping to reach the pinnacle of the profession needs good microphone skills. Jericho has them in spades. The trick, then, when writing a memoir, is to carry that voice into print. And he and his coauthor nail it.
The book brings the reader from Jericho's Canadian roots to the top of the wrestling world, through Japan, Mexico, Germany and more, in a way that guarantees that long after he has finally hung up the boots, the "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla" will live on.
One interesting fact is the way that he deals with the Chris Benoit tragedy, which unfolded as he finalized the book. But mostly, this book elicits laughter, as the author shoots from the hip and hits his targets square. And he is not too proud to, once in a while, aim directly at himself.