Review by jov13 -- Burn Zones by Jorge P. Newbery
Posted: 21 Mar 2020, 15:12
[Following is a volunteer review of "Burn Zones" by Jorge P. Newbery.]
Burn Zones: Playing Life’s Bad Hands by Jorge Newbery, is an autobiographical motivational book about Newbery’s gradual rise to success from the young age of seven years old, to his greatest downfall and how he rose to success again. This book details his struggles, noted throughout the book as “burn zones” and his lessons learned from each.
Burn Zones is a good read for those who enjoy motivational/inspirational books as well as autobiographies. The book is easy to understand, but would not be recommended to readers under the age of 13-16 due to expletive language, though very few can be sited throughout the entire book.
This book can be found to be very awe inspiring as it details Newbery’s work ethic and quest for success and greatness from the tender age of seven. At that age most children are still playing and watching television, not trying to earn money or begin a business. Thus, this book can be a great push to readers to get up and achieve your dreams, because it’s never too early, too late, or too hard. The simple language, though decorated with large words, made the book easy to process and to follow along. The author also made it possible to resonate with readers by being honest and transparent during both successes and trials. His recollection of details was also concise and did not incorporate any loose stories, every detail mentioned was relevant.
The issues encountered with the book began in Chapter 6 where he mentioned his wife as though they were already married, which then made it seem as though he jumped to telling the story a few years ahead. This was not the case however, as seen later on in the book where he gives more insight to how he met and when he married his wife. This can cause the reader to confuse the timelines of his story, and, thus, get confused. Another issue encountered was related to Chapter 7, where he used terminology related to a specific act and time period in his life but did not give the definition. The reader might not grasp the understanding of this term or it’s relevance until close to the end of the chapter. The ending of the book could also be considered a tad bit underwhelming where he shares the lesson learned from his biggest failure. Though one can still relate to it, it was also a very simple and common realization that one might not have needed to read the book in order to know.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The book was a good read and his journey is thoroughly enjoyable, however, his ending was not very strong, though still relatable to the readers and can still be seen as helpful and an inspiration to others.
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Burn Zones
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Burn Zones: Playing Life’s Bad Hands by Jorge Newbery, is an autobiographical motivational book about Newbery’s gradual rise to success from the young age of seven years old, to his greatest downfall and how he rose to success again. This book details his struggles, noted throughout the book as “burn zones” and his lessons learned from each.
Burn Zones is a good read for those who enjoy motivational/inspirational books as well as autobiographies. The book is easy to understand, but would not be recommended to readers under the age of 13-16 due to expletive language, though very few can be sited throughout the entire book.
This book can be found to be very awe inspiring as it details Newbery’s work ethic and quest for success and greatness from the tender age of seven. At that age most children are still playing and watching television, not trying to earn money or begin a business. Thus, this book can be a great push to readers to get up and achieve your dreams, because it’s never too early, too late, or too hard. The simple language, though decorated with large words, made the book easy to process and to follow along. The author also made it possible to resonate with readers by being honest and transparent during both successes and trials. His recollection of details was also concise and did not incorporate any loose stories, every detail mentioned was relevant.
The issues encountered with the book began in Chapter 6 where he mentioned his wife as though they were already married, which then made it seem as though he jumped to telling the story a few years ahead. This was not the case however, as seen later on in the book where he gives more insight to how he met and when he married his wife. This can cause the reader to confuse the timelines of his story, and, thus, get confused. Another issue encountered was related to Chapter 7, where he used terminology related to a specific act and time period in his life but did not give the definition. The reader might not grasp the understanding of this term or it’s relevance until close to the end of the chapter. The ending of the book could also be considered a tad bit underwhelming where he shares the lesson learned from his biggest failure. Though one can still relate to it, it was also a very simple and common realization that one might not have needed to read the book in order to know.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The book was a good read and his journey is thoroughly enjoyable, however, his ending was not very strong, though still relatable to the readers and can still be seen as helpful and an inspiration to others.
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Burn Zones
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon