The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (October 2009)

348 pages, eBook (borrowed with Amazon Prime)

Book Rating: 5 Stars

A story about some key changes in the game of football and a chance meeting between a poor young black kid and a rich white family, that led to the rise of NFL draft pick, Michael Oher. There are a couple chapters here and there that are about football history and hence potentially a bit dry, but in the context of Michael Oher’s story and the conversational presentation, this sports book reads like a novel for the most part. Even the most casual sports fan, would find this story entertaining—it’s more human interest story with necessary sports background info sprinkled throughout. It also raises interesting questions about childhood environmental influences, the effect of socioeconomic change and the drastic changes one player’s (Lawrence Taylor) actions and mentality can incite in an entire sport. Great Read!

Movie Adaptations:

The Blind Side (2009)

Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw

Movie Rating: PG-13

My Rating: 5 Stars

Adaption: Verbatim-Tweaked-Veiled

Eye Candy: Plain-Pretty-Sultry

This adaption simplifies and summarizes many of the concepts and, condenses and rearranges the timeline of the story a bit from the reality presented in the book, combining some of the events, but I believe the spirit of the book is present in this film. The casting was awesome and it was a great depiction of a touching story. Great film!