It's a great book, you'll pound through the pages like a raging bull. It's a powerful and straightforward look at his life, his heart and a candid look at the sport of boxing back then. La Motta is brutally honest and doesn't try to hide anything or paint himself in a special light. It starts off in Jake's childhood as a tuff Bronx kid taking a beating from his father and the world - and as he got older the beatings continue and get worse - the biggest beatings coming from himself. It's such an intense, real and gritty story. As we all know and heard so many times - the book is always better than the movie and again it's very true here - the book is Jake's exact story not changed one hair for Hollywood. Jake's story is much more than what the movie shows and is different. A little bit of wind up - I'd say the first 19 pages - then it's a charging bull. A Page Turner - More Like A Page Pounder Reading this book I felt like Sugar Ray Fighting La Motta - couldn't put it down - OK - that's a stretch, but you get the idea.
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