Author: Marlion Pickett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 308
Formats: ebook
Rating: 2 stars
So I love my autobiographies and sport star stories, but this one I am very conflicted about truth be told.
The point of any pieces of written work is to engage the audience so that they feel something , anything really and this usually means the audience either sympathises/empathises so that they feel good or angry, but usually a feeling at that end of the spectrum not at the neutral or negative end of the spectrum.
Despite it being “written” by Marlion Pickett Theresa a 90% chance that it is not because the way the narrative flows it’s based on the “ghostwriters” interviews with people and weaving into a narrative structure consisting of a beginning, middle and end.
To be fair, while it doesn’t really go into much detail it also doesn’t shy away from the negative parts of Picketts life including time in jail and drug usage
The frustrating thing with this piece of work is that you go away not feeling like you’ve learnt anything more at all; yes he’s a shy person and also a family man, but the only thing you get a feeling is that he hasn’t learnt from his past- while he has appeared to be reformed and good on him, you still get the sense that he will no doubt eventually relapse at some point.
Personally I wouldn’t go out of my way to read this work- I brought it when it was an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. It’s worth a borrow from a library or elsewhere but I wouldn’t spend the sixteen or whatever dollars on it to buy a physical copy.
Edit- I just looked at the Amazon kindle page for this book just prior to publishing this review. It’s one of the few books where’s there is a ton of promotional literature by the publisher with “testimonials”- for me that’s a big red herring as a work should be allowed to grow on its on and not need a shit ton of publicity to advertise its wears.