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dobbsthedog's review against another edition
0.5
My god, this book was terrible.
I am madly trying to complete my library’s reading challenge, and one of the tasks was to read a book you read as a child. When I was a kid I LOVED this series; I played hockey and regularly went to WHL games in my hometown. But, reading this now, the plot is ludicrous, the writing is sub-par, and you can tell that the author never actually played hockey, as all of the “hockey talk” just isn’t quite right. Also, at one point the MC blasts a slap shot down the ice when he’s frustrated and accidentally nails the coach in the junk, and the coach is only down for 15 minutes. Sorry, but he probably would have been in the hospital after that.
I guess at least this book was relatively non-problematic, which likely can’t be said for the other book I could have chosen for this task. So, maybe half a star for not aging badly…?
I am madly trying to complete my library’s reading challenge, and one of the tasks was to read a book you read as a child. When I was a kid I LOVED this series; I played hockey and regularly went to WHL games in my hometown. But, reading this now, the plot is ludicrous, the writing is sub-par, and you can tell that the author never actually played hockey, as all of the “hockey talk” just isn’t quite right. Also, at one point the MC blasts a slap shot down the ice when he’s frustrated and accidentally nails the coach in the junk, and the coach is only down for 15 minutes. Sorry, but he probably would have been in the hospital after that.
I guess at least this book was relatively non-problematic, which likely can’t be said for the other book I could have chosen for this task. So, maybe half a star for not aging badly…?
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