It needs to be said, very loudly, that the post on The Blind Side, is not taking a shot at the book. It's looking at what sort of stories make to the screen, and in what form. No one is arguing that book isn't more nuanced. Having only read the excerpt, I wouldn't dispute that at all.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
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I don't think the people big-upping the book were taking you to task for not reading it -- just that it's an amazing, amazing book and that you ought to read it ASAP, even if you're loaded down with other things. I'm a slow reader and INHALED it in a week.
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