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lalawoman416's review
4.0
If ever there was wasted talent and a senseless life and senseless death, Aaron Hernandez's life was it. A tragedy in every sense of the word. Sometimes the stars align for greatness and sometimes, well, it's just one too many difficulties. Such a great, informative read on the life of Aaron Hernandez.
serenabereading's review against another edition
5.0
I got sucked into the Oxygen Channel's special on Aaron Hernandez a few weeks ago and was excited to see James Patterson had written a book about the case(s). I was able to get this on CD at the library and it kept me intrigued from beginning to end. It definitely goes into a lot more detail than the Oxygen special did. For instance I didn't know Aaron's mother had an affair while married to his dad and that the whole town knew. I also wasn't aware of Aaron trying to dip into the babysitter as I hadn't followed the trial close when it was happening. All I remember while the trial was going on was I thought he was hot and what a waste of talent. This is a really sad story and there is not a doubt in my mind that his head trauma didn't help him make the wises choices and did contribute to him making dumb ass decisions. When the news came out almost a year ago that he committed suicide in prison I was shocked because things were looking up and he had a chance of being free. I'm sad for his daughter. His fiancee was definitely a ride or die woman for her man. I'm still shocked that they had her on camera throwing a big garbage bag out right after Odin Lloyd was murdered and she didn't get into trouble. Also the fact that Odin was her sisters fiancee just complicated and took the story to a whole other level. Shout out to the narrator for his "hood street voice" that made me wince a few times. I didn't like how the narrator did Aaron's voice. Yes he had head injuries but he wasn't flat out remedial. Ok now I need the Aaron Hernandez story to become a Lifetime movie.
noahhalmrast's review against another edition
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder
mcgibbons93's review
2.0
I’m fascinated by the case but I thought it was pretty weird how the actual narration (so not direct quotes) used phrases like “baby mama/baby daddy” and “thug” to describe people. That felt like coded racist language to me and wasn’t cool. Also lots of n-words, and I know white dudes wrote this. Though they were quoting it still felt weird, and these weren’t edited or bleeped out of the audiobook narration at all.
ndbeyer's review
4.0
Even though I follow football- I do not remember Aaron Hernandez and his life. What was really interesting was I was reading this- there was a re-aired series on these murders with his last attorney and his fiancée figured prominently in the telling of the story and was a bit biased towards Arron being innocent. This book led me the other way but not overtly. Good real crime drama
qu33nofbookz's review against another edition
3.0
A just scratching the surface no depth look at the crimes of Aaron Hernandez a former NFL player. This just highlights a few major points of his growing up before going right into his life in college and few years afterward. This giant narcissistic borderline psychotic (possibly bipolar or schizophrenic) man child was allowed to do whatever he wanted with no consequences again and again because he was good at playing football. Even from high school, this guy was a problem but because he could play ball and earn others big money they were willing to look the other way and gloss over his bad behaviors. There were a lot of times that Hernandez could have been stopped and prevented from going on to do his bad deeds but the conglomerate that he worked for cover for him and let him go about his ways. Besides laying out a history/timeline of the events that would lead to him killing himself in jail after being found guilty of murder there isn't much here. It works as a look into a corrupt institution and a review of a flash in the pan career and trial that held America captive for a few years.
rmarcin's review
3.0
After reading this book, I am even more disgusted with football. The coaches, college and professional, cover up for bad behavior. Many of the players are thugs, violent and mean, and they believe themselves to be above the law. Sadly, many people revere them and their behavior. Add drugs and money into the mix and it is a recipe for disaster.
The authors do a good job of laying out all the issues and the problems of the life of Aaron Hernandez. Sadly, this was a young man with a great deal of athletic ability that got involved with drugs and gangs, and liked to go everywhere with guns.
The authors do a good job of laying out all the issues and the problems of the life of Aaron Hernandez. Sadly, this was a young man with a great deal of athletic ability that got involved with drugs and gangs, and liked to go everywhere with guns.