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A review by jl27
Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench by Mark Titus
Not going to rate a book I DNF'd at 20 pages.
To Mark Titus's credit: I liked listening to him tell some of these stories on a podcast he used to share with a female sports writer I love, and I like his sports knowledge. I don't think this book is particularly well written, but it has been around a while, so now-Titus probably (hopefully?) has matured a bit in his writing. My high school students write better stories in the self-critiques of their artwork than what this 20 pages contained, and their nonsense is better, in large part, because they don't try hard to be funny. If they know they can write and entertain, they just go for it and don't overcompensate. This book is not like that. Before I got through 20 pages, I hit a homophobic joke, a racist comment, and enough discussion of poop to tell me that I need to move on to the next book in my TBR. I'm obviously not the target demographic for this one, but I bet the Barstool bros out there would love this.
As for me, I'll stick to listening to Titus, and maybe if now-Titus writes another book, I'd pick it up.
Note: my dog must have known I was going to DNF this autographed copy I picked up at our literacy association book sale, because the corner was chewed off when I plucked it from the shelf. Oopsie.
To Mark Titus's credit: I liked listening to him tell some of these stories on a podcast he used to share with a female sports writer I love, and I like his sports knowledge. I don't think this book is particularly well written, but it has been around a while, so now-Titus probably (hopefully?) has matured a bit in his writing. My high school students write better stories in the self-critiques of their artwork than what this 20 pages contained, and their nonsense is better, in large part, because they don't try hard to be funny. If they know they can write and entertain, they just go for it and don't overcompensate. This book is not like that. Before I got through 20 pages, I hit a homophobic joke, a racist comment, and enough discussion of poop to tell me that I need to move on to the next book in my TBR. I'm obviously not the target demographic for this one, but I bet the Barstool bros out there would love this.
As for me, I'll stick to listening to Titus, and maybe if now-Titus writes another book, I'd pick it up.
Note: my dog must have known I was going to DNF this autographed copy I picked up at our literacy association book sale, because the corner was chewed off when I plucked it from the shelf. Oopsie.