![]() ![]() This book didn't come CLOSE to my expectations, and I found it quite disappointing to be honest. Turns out, I only liked it while Dennis Rodman the basketball player gets 6 stars, the book gets 2 1/2. Growing up in Chicago, I LOVED Dennis Rodman, and really wanted to love this book. Rodman does not, making both the fonts and his rambling less bearable. I said the same thing about the last book I reviewed, but that author elevated the english language with his pen. In addition to using a constantly changing font (both font type and size), Rodman beats you over the head with some of his views. Early life, baby-mama drama, a briefly contemplated suicide, Madonna and what he thinks of everyone who's been involved in his basketball life all get ample coverage. We get Dennis' version of all of his on and off the court exploits. Much like Mike Tyson's autobiography, I understood "The Worm" much better after zipping through these 245 pages. It's evident very early in the book that these are Dennis Rodman's words, Dennis Rodman's thoughts on every other page he contradicts something he'd previously said, actually doing it multiple times even within the same paragraph! Even still, I was surprised at the amount of coherent thoughts and opinions in the book. With Dennis Rodman though, I figured this would be unnecessary simply because of his legendary candor and willingness to speak his mind. It's always interesting to see how people view themselves, their accomplishments, trials and tribulations as compared with reality. Typically with biographies, I'll have two on my bookshelf for each individual the autobiography, and whichever is considered the definitive, best one as determined by aggregate Goodreads and Amazon ratings. Bad as I Wanna Be is as candid, intriguing, and unforgettable as he is. ![]() And so much more, including his life, from going to prison for stealing watches to his daughter, the light of his life.Īt a time when most celebrities and professional athletes try to control their public personas like politicians and refrain from expressing their true beliefs, Dennis Rodman is a refreshingly unique, uncompromising individual who both transcends his world and refuses to conform to it. From the inside I had nothing but an empty soul and a gun in my lap.”
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