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natedmp's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
A fantastic insight into the the wrestling business. I understand Mox had his accomplishments in WWE, he was always my favourite in the Shield and I've loved him since. But it's refreshing to have the book about his full career and not just there. The place seems to kill a person's love for wrestling and I'm so glad Mox found that love elsewhere. But the early years struggling with money to playing in the big leagues is an awesome zero-to-hero story. Mox is a legend and this only covers chapter one of his career.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Suicide and Drug abuse
micchisaurus's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
The two things you need to know about me for this review:
1) I don't read very much nonfiction, especially not biographies. I'm mainly a fiction reader, with a lean towards the speculative.
2) I fucking love pro wrestling.
In theory, this book is the hottest of hot messes. There's nothing even approaching linear to this narrative. There are a lot, and I do mean A LOT, of ellipses. There are more tangents than a college level math class. The book has SIDEBARS, for fuck's sake, that don't even relate to anything else going on around them!
But here's the thing: It works. Look, I busted out highlighters to annotate this book, okay.
Jon Moxley is a storyteller, and he's damn good at it. This book reads like you're sitting down with Mox, hanging by a big ass bonfire, swapping stories. At times it is hilarious, it is anger-inducing, it is heartbreaking, it is joyful, and it is beautiful. There is vulnerability here, and the lack of a linear timeline only heightens that. Like when someone's really opening up to you, and they suddenly hard cut to a different story because it's getting too real...but they always come back, and dive in a little deeper, and show a little more.
This book is something really special. I am so glad to have read it.
1) I don't read very much nonfiction, especially not biographies. I'm mainly a fiction reader, with a lean towards the speculative.
2) I fucking love pro wrestling.
In theory, this book is the hottest of hot messes. There's nothing even approaching linear to this narrative. There are a lot, and I do mean A LOT, of ellipses. There are more tangents than a college level math class. The book has SIDEBARS, for fuck's sake, that don't even relate to anything else going on around them!
But here's the thing: It works. Look, I busted out highlighters to annotate this book, okay.
Jon Moxley is a storyteller, and he's damn good at it. This book reads like you're sitting down with Mox, hanging by a big ass bonfire, swapping stories. At times it is hilarious, it is anger-inducing, it is heartbreaking, it is joyful, and it is beautiful. There is vulnerability here, and the lack of a linear timeline only heightens that. Like when someone's really opening up to you, and they suddenly hard cut to a different story because it's getting too real...but they always come back, and dive in a little deeper, and show a little more.
This book is something really special. I am so glad to have read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, and Grief
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