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All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
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bookshelves: contemporary, non-fiction, prison-mob-trials, sports, true-crime-or-based-on, favored-author, 351-more-pages-or-more, bio-auto-memior, large-print, medical-mental-health, audio, has-a-duplicate-title
Oct 18, 2018
bookshelves: contemporary, non-fiction, prison-mob-trials, sports, true-crime-or-based-on, favored-author, 351-more-pages-or-more, bio-auto-memior, large-print, medical-mental-health, audio, has-a-duplicate-title
4.5 stars
Such a sad story about a young man who took his life, when he had so much talent and so much to give. It is another story about a wayward young man, whose talent pushed him into the limelight, when he could not shed his dubious background.
Aaron Hernandez died while in prison, convicted of the murder of a good friend. He was a finance', a father, a son and and a brother. He had been a tight end for the Patriots football team. He was dead at 28, from an apparent suicide. CTE was said to play a big part in his death - that Aaron had the worst case of CTE in someone his age that medical doctors had ever seen.
None of this is news. Newspapers ran this story for months. Mini series have been made and shown. I am sure other books have also been published about Aaron. But I am not sure that any other medium has done it in the detail that Patterson has.
This book takes you from a very young Aaron through his murder trials, to his death. Patterson allows you to make your own decisions, due to his steady and factual portrayal of Hernandez's life. You begin to know the potential that this young man had. In following his story, you watch as Aaron becomes unstrung. You see the paranoia that sets in. You frown at his decision making. You cringe at what you see him losing.
You either like or dislike Aaron Hernandez by the end of this book. But either way, you have a better understanding of his medical condition, his decision making, his life, his love, and his losses. A sad story about a wayward young man, gone too soon.
Such a sad story about a young man who took his life, when he had so much talent and so much to give. It is another story about a wayward young man, whose talent pushed him into the limelight, when he could not shed his dubious background.
Aaron Hernandez died while in prison, convicted of the murder of a good friend. He was a finance', a father, a son and and a brother. He had been a tight end for the Patriots football team. He was dead at 28, from an apparent suicide. CTE was said to play a big part in his death - that Aaron had the worst case of CTE in someone his age that medical doctors had ever seen.
None of this is news. Newspapers ran this story for months. Mini series have been made and shown. I am sure other books have also been published about Aaron. But I am not sure that any other medium has done it in the detail that Patterson has.
This book takes you from a very young Aaron through his murder trials, to his death. Patterson allows you to make your own decisions, due to his steady and factual portrayal of Hernandez's life. You begin to know the potential that this young man had. In following his story, you watch as Aaron becomes unstrung. You see the paranoia that sets in. You frown at his decision making. You cringe at what you see him losing.
You either like or dislike Aaron Hernandez by the end of this book. But either way, you have a better understanding of his medical condition, his decision making, his life, his love, and his losses. A sad story about a wayward young man, gone too soon.
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Oct 19, 2018 02:05PM
Terrific review, Sandi. This is such a sad case, I so agree.
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Thanks Diane - such a sad read.
Yeah, what a tragedy and what a horrible waste of a life that had so much potential. Excellent review, Sandi.
Thank Christine. I see there is another new book out about Hernandez, but if I read it too, I will feel like a stalker!! I recently re-watched the mini series. Such a sad case.
