Reviews
This is an important book. It is dark and grim and severe but it is a remarkable thing to read. It has immense power and it utterly compelling - http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2014/03/the-96-and-the-rest.html
An amazing read. This is the first thing that definitely needs saying. Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read for impassioned impact, beauty of writing, absolute authenticity and pure emotional resonance - http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/highly-recommended/
This book was incredible, a harrowing issue but written brilliantly. Definitely the best sports book I’ve ever read and I’d go as far as saying one of the best books I’ve read in my life - http://www.reviewedthebook.co.uk/2014_03_01_archive.html
Nothing I can say will do this book justice and if you only take one thing away from this jumble of words make sure it is this: READ THIS BOOK. Read it, love it, and tell the world about it - http://bookaddictshaun.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/review-fan-by-danny-rhodes-55.html#more
Rhodes is a writer pre-occupied with pace and brooding tension. The sentences are delivered in a hyperventilating style, and the overall effect is claustrophobic and unsettling, as it should be. The momentum towards the inevitable conclusion builds brilliantly. It feels similar in tone to another book sharing the same pivotal character: ‘The Damned United’, by David Peace. (I hope Danny Rhodes considers that to be a compliment) - http://dfr10.wordpress.com/
FAN is about football. But it is also about community, compassion, belonging; living, dying, bereavement, PTSD. It is a truly unique book which I am sure was exceptionally difficult for Danny Rhodes to research and write. I hope it gets the acclaim it deserves - http://bookswithbunny.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/fan-danny-rhodes.html
This is an important book. It is dark and grim and severe but it is a remarkable thing to read. It has immense power and it utterly compelling - http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2014/03/the-96-and-the-rest.html
An amazing read. This is the first thing that definitely needs saying. Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read for impassioned impact, beauty of writing, absolute authenticity and pure emotional resonance - http://lizlovesbooks.com/lizlovesbooks/highly-recommended/
This book was incredible, a harrowing issue but written brilliantly. Definitely the best sports book I’ve ever read and I’d go as far as saying one of the best books I’ve read in my life - http://www.reviewedthebook.co.uk/2014_03_01_archive.html
Nothing I can say will do this book justice and if you only take one thing away from this jumble of words make sure it is this: READ THIS BOOK. Read it, love it, and tell the world about it - http://bookaddictshaun.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/review-fan-by-danny-rhodes-55.html#more
Rhodes is a writer pre-occupied with pace and brooding tension. The sentences are delivered in a hyperventilating style, and the overall effect is claustrophobic and unsettling, as it should be. The momentum towards the inevitable conclusion builds brilliantly. It feels similar in tone to another book sharing the same pivotal character: ‘The Damned United’, by David Peace. (I hope Danny Rhodes considers that to be a compliment) - http://dfr10.wordpress.com/
FAN is about football. But it is also about community, compassion, belonging; living, dying, bereavement, PTSD. It is a truly unique book which I am sure was exceptionally difficult for Danny Rhodes to research and write. I hope it gets the acclaim it deserves - http://bookswithbunny.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/fan-danny-rhodes.html
