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read this book at library and bought as present for friend. Happy with vendor, happy with book and friend is now happy with book - WIN-WIN situation
Tony B. Fortunately, I didn't buy the book.
This is, by far, the worst. I've read everything written by Grisham.
If only JG could write proper endings. Basically, it's his travel journal being passed off as a novel.
In typical Grisham fashion, the ending drops off a cliff. Don't waste your money or your time.
Derby, NY
Not for kids though. Grisham knows how to grasp his readers.
But, someone had left it in our company's lunch room's book exchange, I picked it up and read it. I read it rather quickly.
Having been let down by reading the last Grisham's novel, The Innocent Man, I was reluctant to pick up Grisham's next work, Playing for Pizza. Although I prefer basketball in real life, reading about football was interesting and fun.
Unlike his other legal/law related novels, this is a fun read, like Skipping Christmas. This book is about some football jock, who runs away to Italy, and revives his love for the game.
Don't expect something heavy from this novel, but read with light heartedness. Quick read, fun and easy.
Easy read that is pure entertainment as the story combines the best of both worlds, sports, Italy, great food, and the deeper side of the true meaning of life.
I used to read a lot of John Grisham's law thrillers, but in the last decade I've been more inclined to pick up his non-law ones, like Skipping Christmas and Bleachers. The lack of knowledge of football really doesn't affect you, except in those few certain passages of game action.I've always appreciated Grisham as a writer, so I do enjoy reading his books. The food sounded amazing and the atmosphere very different from anything I have seen here in the States.As for the story, it's nothing too special.
I am pretty sure I liked Bleachers better. And at times, the plot was annoying. I had liked Bleachers a lot when I read it six years ago now, so I thought I'd give Playing for Pizza a try.I liked it, but I certainly didn't love it.
I neither liked nor disliked the main character. But I liked the escape from the ordinary that Playing for Pizza provided. Chances are I may never visit Italy and, even if I do, chances are I will not experience Parma or football there.
But, considering it is a book about a football player playing football and that I know less than nothing about the sport, I think it's a good sign that I enjoyed it enough to keep reading. Playing for Pizza wasn't my favorite, but it was an enjoyable change of pace from what I had been reading lately.
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