First of all, I was surprised when they gave it to me as a gift because I had Kobe as a god and idol, and I was incredibly saddened by the mandate of his death... I agree that the book is mediocre. The first 150 pages are spent analyzing his father's career and the family environment of the family, which personally did not interest me nor did it connect as an introduction to the rest. Additionally, I believe that there should have been a more in-depth analysis of both Kobe's high school career and the years of the three-peat and the intermediate period of 2003-2008 in the "stone years". In general, it is a superficial portrayal of the athlete's life without mentioning many incidents that we did not know, as well as the almost absence of descriptions or comments from Kobe himself... I expected it to be better, and the translation is mediocre! P.S. The documentary about his return from the Achilles tendon rupture is light years better than this book, unfortunately!

As someone who is very involved in basketball and having Kobe Bryant as my childhood idol, I consider the book mediocre... Out of the 500 pages, the first 150-200 pages are about his father's career and Kobe's childhood. The next 150-200 pages are about the threepeat years with Shaq and Kobe's court case, and only the remaining 100-150 pages mention his career from 2006-2016, which are very few and do not reflect Kobe's achievements during those years... Overall, in a few words, the book emphasizes more on Bryant's negatives and the mistakes he made in his career rather than how good of a player he was and what he accomplished... Also, one last thing, I believe that the Greek translation could be better in many aspects!