This was a book I obtained earlier but recently received a message in which I had a deadline to submit a review. Thankfully it was a short book, but it was excellent. Here is my review of “10th Round.”
Title/Author:
“10th Round: Every Fight Has a Final Bell” by Eric J. Polli
Rating:
5 of 5 stars (excellent )
Review:
While I don’t read many fictional stories with a sports theme, the description of this short book by Eric J. Polli intrigued me. It’s the story of Mickey Brannigan, a former middleweight boxing champion whose life has been broken by several bad decisions after his time in the ring was over. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he tries to make peace with his estranged son Danny. He is also making one last entry into the sport - not by fighting, but by training a young, up and coming fighter named Tyrell Banks.
The story is very inspiring, no matter if the reader is reading it through the eyes of Mickey, Danny or Tyrell. Polli does an excellent job of developing all three of these characters fairly quickly without needing to go into extraneous information or with long side stories to explain their characteristics. This is the biggest strength of the book, along with a good fast paced story.
If a reader wants to read it as a sports story more than as a story about the main characters, then it’s quite good for that as well. While the reader will get some bits and pieces of Mickey’s fights through flashbacks, the best writing about the sport is during Tyrell’s training sessions, both before and after Mickey becomes his trainer.
Not only is the story great, but so is the ending for all three of these characters. It’s a short, quick read that readers of both boxing and inspiring stories will enjoy.
I wish to thank the author for providing a copy of the book. The opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own.
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