Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback by Ralph Vacchiano
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Book Reviews of Eli Manning: The Making of a Quarterback
Book Review: Wonderful Read for the Manning Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great and I would recommend it to every Eli Manning Fan !!!Book Review: Hero of 1000 faces
Summary: 4 Stars
First published in 1949, Joseph Campbell wrote a definitive book about the role and nature of heroes in mythology throughout human history, "Hero of 1000 faces." According to Campbell, "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." After watching Eli play over the last 3.5 years, it is clear that by any definition Campbell has come up with, Eli Manning is an archetypical hero. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating, but his accomplishment during the superbowl run was incredible by any definition. Vacchiano's book basically reviews the key points in this hero's development--and these points are important for all of us to review to see how we can do better too. There's not a whole lot in this book that hasn't already been covered in the media, so if you've been keeping close tabs on the Giants over the years, you may not learn much. However, it's never a waste of time seeing again "how it's done." Kudos to Vacchiano for reviewing the subject in an eminently readable form. Kudos mostly though to Eli for making the book possible!
Book Review: Pretty Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I like Ralph's Blue Screen blog and I liked his writing and TV appearances while I lived in NYC. So buying the book was a no-brainer especially since I was a Eli supporter since the day we drafted him.
It's good and I expected a lot of inside details about Eli and we got some... but compared to LT's book and other sport books, it doesn't feel like Ralph had enough inside access. I skimmed a lot of Plaxico's book and even that was pretty good because you can tell Plaxico is giving us every single detail according to his view.
Pretty good but it lacks the first-account stories and insight as if Eli wrote it himself or was involved.
Book Review: informative ..but could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
i found the book to be very informative but didnt create the total insights from the season... seemed like a two minute offese of his life put toghter.. could have more intrigue of him gaining faith of his teamates as the year grew and less of the old home style boyhood..
Book Review: very informative but scattered overall
Summary: 2 Stars
While Ralph clearly did enormous amounts of research and interviews, as a whole the book falls flat. The writing is scattered and jumps around quite a bit. It doesn't read like a book at all - instead it reads like cliche ridden three page sports articles mashed together.
If you like Eli Manning and the Giants you will enjoy this book. However, if you're looking for an engaging sports story skip this book.