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Some Early Reviews Of “Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew”
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
Martin Baldridge: “Interesting book. The method of delivery is very entertaining – snippet after snippet of information from very knowledgeable tennis players and commentators. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in the Chilean – and I have done so!”
Andres Barbosa: “I wanted to commend you on a great read of Marcelo Rios. I ripped off the cover and stapled it to our tennis wall at the facility (Tropical Park Tennis Center) since I live in South Florida and the Chilean crowd is quite large. Hopefully that will promote some more sales.”
Juan Coronel: “The book is awesome.”
Ron Marks: “Loving it. I’m in Cayman Isles reading Rios book. Hysterical stuff Scoop. Just one stunner after another with Rios.”
Hugo Armando Jr.: “Totally loved the Rios book. It was brilliant. One of the best tennis books I’ve ever read.”
Andres Bella: “The book was great, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was so interesting reading all the various perspectives on Marcelo Rios. I remember watching him so many times and always found him to be mysterious. I could never tell what he was thinking, he was truly a one of a kind.”
Meg Perrot: “A definite must read for tennis fans.”
Ken Persson: “What I am absolutely amazed is how much feedback other pros had about Rios, Scoop did a fantastic job of getting their insight on a very interesting tennis pro, and obviously more unique than I ever thought, after reading the book, again great job by Scoop.”
“Britbox” from the Tennis.com messageboard: “I liked the Rios book – it’s about as far as you can get from being remotely autobiographical. It’s essentially everyone’s take on Rios from players to associates. The format is pretty different from most books – it jumps around a little but I liked it like that. Rios is one of those players who polarizes opinion but all said and done, I think the book itself is non-judgemental and leaves the reader to form an opinion based on the input of various characters and episodes in Rios life. I can’t say he comes out of the book particularly well based on the interview style research but he’s certainly an intriguing character nonetheless. An enigma.”
Drew Vreeland: “A great, insightful read from beginning to end.”
Mark Sanders: “My son Mitchell and I both liked the book. A lot of interesting info in there. It was a good read.”
Andres Borowiak: “I loved the Rios book. Super entertaining, funny and insightful. A great read for any sports fan. Highly recommended.”
Stephen Kelly: “Really enjoyed your Rios book, Scoop and have recommended it to my followers on twitter. I thought the most telling comment was from from the player (Wayne Ferreira) who said he thought that Rios was just a bit light-weight and he felt that Rios couldn’t really hit through him with the ease of an Agassi. That was maybe more of a factor in him wasting energy early in slams, rather than the harder to quantify mental issues.”
Also, noted author, journalist and editor Steve Flink did this review for www.TennisChannel.com…
http://www.tennischannel.com/news/NewsDetails.aspx?newsid=10092
The artwork above was created by artist Andres Bella out of the actual book itself. You can see more of Mr. Bella’s unique abstract works at www.AndresBellaArt.com
Rios book getting positive reviews
Gans · January 19, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Congratulations, Scoop.
I went through Steve Flink’s article about your book. His earnest appreciation of your work makes me want to buy it soon. I intend to buy the book one of these days and will give you my feedback.
I recently came across a novel, “Life of Pi”. It was a great read. Has anyone read it?
Back to tennis:
It’s sad to see Roddick getting hurt. I knew Hewitt would do well, but Milos would stop him in the next round.
Some exciting matches coming up….
. Federer vs. Dr. Ivo
. Nadal vs. Lacko. He looked great against Young.I expect this to be an interesting match.
. Tomic vs. Dog.
My picks: Fed, Nadal and Tomic!
Scoop Malinowski · January 20, 2012 at 3:11 am
Thank you very much Gans, about three years (off and on) of effort were put into this book, it was a labor of love because Rios was an important player and deserves to be celebrated in a book. Faintly remember someone talking about “Life of Pi” what is it about? About Roddick getting hurt, he has been very fortunate in his career to avoid injuries, being a bigger guy and how physical he plays, this injury is not a surprise, it’s more of a surprise that he has remained healthy for so many years. Doug Spreen his trainer might have a busy year. I agree, Fed vs, Ivo could be tricky for Roger. Tomic vs. Dolgopolov could be the match of the tournament, going to wake up early to see this clash of peculiar styles. As for your picks, you might be right but I’m taking my boy Dolgo to go 3-0 on BT.
Phil Naessens · February 22, 2012 at 4:35 am
Hey Scoop,
Would you be interested in coming on my sports podcast and talk about this book with me? If so please email and we can set it up!
http://phillipnaessens.mlblogs.com/