Review of The Greatest Game Ever Played...Maybe
Posted: 18 Dec 2023, 11:13
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Greatest Game Ever Played...Maybe" by Otto L. Wheeler.]
The Best Game Ever Played...Maybe is an action-packed, play-by-play football game novel that exceeds expectations. There are many short expletives of profanity littered throughout the dialogue between players and between coaches. There were a number of typos, mostly misplaced punctuation. It is intended for a young adult and older mature audiences.
To begin with, the plot is very strictly focused on the players of two junior college football teams, Houma from Louisiana and Mobile from Alabama. The point-of-view is made up of sports commentators, the referee crew, the coaches and players. There is a brief hint of romance. There are several "outs" that suggest other stories could be happening simultaneously. The energy is concentrated around this one football game that absorbs a ton of attention to detail. It is fairly obvious that the author has an overwhelming amount of knowledge regarding football, more than the average fan. The profanity is used in dialogue in what you would expect when tempers flare. A few translations in Spanish include more profanity. The game ends with dramatic silence. There are riveting transitions from start to finish. The players' moves are followed closely. Any reader could learn something, from sportsmanship to detailed calls.
I gave it four stars out of five stars because of the typos. It needed more proofreading. It has a lot of commas where there should be periods.
The author did an amazing job of commentating on a fictitious game that could have easily passed for a real one. The many hours of watching football and researching to create a kind of fantasy football championship game must have been exhausting. However, there were many ways the author could improve. For one, the insight wears off. The story becomes inflexible and needs constant refreshing. The breaks between airtime and the marching band are nicely represented. Maybe a better description of the parking lot and the contrast of the crowd before and after the game would have helped add zing and give the reader a fuller understanding of this experience. Secondly, it is on the verge of greatness. It probably needed more monsters to make it into a football horror novel gamebook. I am sure there are many of those lurking in the psyche of a typical football player. Why is football different from other sports like tennis and basketball? The author could have included more endearing, oddball characters to analyze the behavioral patterns of combativeness and the irreversible injuries that are required to entertain huge crowds of fans. Overall, I really enjoyed the author's love of football.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played...Maybe
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The Best Game Ever Played...Maybe is an action-packed, play-by-play football game novel that exceeds expectations. There are many short expletives of profanity littered throughout the dialogue between players and between coaches. There were a number of typos, mostly misplaced punctuation. It is intended for a young adult and older mature audiences.
To begin with, the plot is very strictly focused on the players of two junior college football teams, Houma from Louisiana and Mobile from Alabama. The point-of-view is made up of sports commentators, the referee crew, the coaches and players. There is a brief hint of romance. There are several "outs" that suggest other stories could be happening simultaneously. The energy is concentrated around this one football game that absorbs a ton of attention to detail. It is fairly obvious that the author has an overwhelming amount of knowledge regarding football, more than the average fan. The profanity is used in dialogue in what you would expect when tempers flare. A few translations in Spanish include more profanity. The game ends with dramatic silence. There are riveting transitions from start to finish. The players' moves are followed closely. Any reader could learn something, from sportsmanship to detailed calls.
I gave it four stars out of five stars because of the typos. It needed more proofreading. It has a lot of commas where there should be periods.
The author did an amazing job of commentating on a fictitious game that could have easily passed for a real one. The many hours of watching football and researching to create a kind of fantasy football championship game must have been exhausting. However, there were many ways the author could improve. For one, the insight wears off. The story becomes inflexible and needs constant refreshing. The breaks between airtime and the marching band are nicely represented. Maybe a better description of the parking lot and the contrast of the crowd before and after the game would have helped add zing and give the reader a fuller understanding of this experience. Secondly, it is on the verge of greatness. It probably needed more monsters to make it into a football horror novel gamebook. I am sure there are many of those lurking in the psyche of a typical football player. Why is football different from other sports like tennis and basketball? The author could have included more endearing, oddball characters to analyze the behavioral patterns of combativeness and the irreversible injuries that are required to entertain huge crowds of fans. Overall, I really enjoyed the author's love of football.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played...Maybe
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon