Review of "Beyond Belief" by Josh Hamilton
Jamie Turner
12-20-12 Orange Stream
Beyond Belief Review
The book I read is “Beyond Belief” by Josh Hamilton. The story is an autobiography about the Los Angeles Angels’ outfielder named Josh Hamilton. The story is about how much potential Josh had in high school and into the M.L.B draft. After struggling with injuries Josh had experimented with cocaine and alcohol. This lead to an addiction that could have killed him. He was told that he probably would never play baseball again. He pulled through it and actually made it back to major league baseball. I gets into more details about how he handled his recovery day by day.
One thing I really enjoyed about this book is the way things were told. One moment you didn’t things would get any worse for Josh and the next moment you don’t think anything could stop him. This also is a very inspirational story. Reading this book actually warmed my heart when he talked about things like when he was baptised with his daughter or his first at bat in the major leagues. I think Hamilton is very good at describing things and that actually makes you feel like you are there with him at certain parts of the book. Those are some things I really liked about the book.
One thing I didn’t really like about the book was how things were managed. Chapters ranged from one page to thirty pages. I personally like when all of the chapters are around the same number of pages. I also thought that there are certain parts that could have either been left out or josh could have described how those things affected his road to recovery or is baseball career, but that is only one or two parts. There really wasn’t anything that I didn’t like about the material in general it is just the way things are organized. That is what I didn’t really like the book.
If someone asked me if they should read this book I would say absolutely. It isn’t too long or too short. You just have to go into the book knowing that it is based on facts but it still has a fictional feel to it. I think I would recommend it mostly to a person who may be having addiction problems or knows someone close to them that has addiction problems. It is a very inspirational book and it answers a lot of questions that are answered about addiction in “Beyond Belief”. So if you are considering reading “Beyond Belief’ then I would say go for it.
12-20-12 Orange Stream
Beyond Belief Review
The book I read is “Beyond Belief” by Josh Hamilton. The story is an autobiography about the Los Angeles Angels’ outfielder named Josh Hamilton. The story is about how much potential Josh had in high school and into the M.L.B draft. After struggling with injuries Josh had experimented with cocaine and alcohol. This lead to an addiction that could have killed him. He was told that he probably would never play baseball again. He pulled through it and actually made it back to major league baseball. I gets into more details about how he handled his recovery day by day.
One thing I really enjoyed about this book is the way things were told. One moment you didn’t things would get any worse for Josh and the next moment you don’t think anything could stop him. This also is a very inspirational story. Reading this book actually warmed my heart when he talked about things like when he was baptised with his daughter or his first at bat in the major leagues. I think Hamilton is very good at describing things and that actually makes you feel like you are there with him at certain parts of the book. Those are some things I really liked about the book.
One thing I didn’t really like about the book was how things were managed. Chapters ranged from one page to thirty pages. I personally like when all of the chapters are around the same number of pages. I also thought that there are certain parts that could have either been left out or josh could have described how those things affected his road to recovery or is baseball career, but that is only one or two parts. There really wasn’t anything that I didn’t like about the material in general it is just the way things are organized. That is what I didn’t really like the book.
If someone asked me if they should read this book I would say absolutely. It isn’t too long or too short. You just have to go into the book knowing that it is based on facts but it still has a fictional feel to it. I think I would recommend it mostly to a person who may be having addiction problems or knows someone close to them that has addiction problems. It is a very inspirational book and it answers a lot of questions that are answered about addiction in “Beyond Belief”. So if you are considering reading “Beyond Belief’ then I would say go for it.
- Overall I would say “Beyond belief was a good choice for my Independent Reading Project. I am not much of a reader but I can say this book was not the type of book were you really don’t want to read it but you have to. This is the type of book where once you start reading you can’t stop. I would start reading at seven and not even realize I was reading for three hours straight. So that is what I think of “Beyond Belief” by Josh Hamilton.
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