[6.0] "There's a lot of interesting parts to this book (and many, many guest passages, which is kind of cool) but for some reason it didn't quite connect as a whole to me. I almost feel bad giving it a 6, as it's the honest account of one of the most innovative figures in the history of pro wrestling (in my opinion) but he was also a man of few words, and I think that's reflected in the fact that the book doesn't go too deep. What I would say is that there are some really interesting anecdotes here (I didn't know he'd been shot in the face for example! ) and he doesn't hold back on his opinions, although at times I think he lays the blame at the wrong persons feet. He also seems to change his mind about certain issues, for example on one page he mentions that the injury Benoit inflicted on him was just a misunderstanding regarding which move was being done and then a few pages later he says the injury was because Benoit was too stiff and didn't care about taking care of his opponent. Similarly he implies that Heyman knew in advance that he would be appearing at an NJPW show instead of ECW, then later he says that he (Sabu) should have let Heyman know he was no-showing...? In addition there's lots and lots about his uncle The Sheik, which is fair enough as he was obviously a huge influence, but I would have preferred more depth on Sabu himself... I guess he felt that the best way to tell his story was to tell his uncle's story too, which is fair enough. There's also some old school anecdotes about the death of Adrian Adonis and Terrible Ted (the wrestling bear) that were pretty eye-opening to me, adding new wrinkles to those. From a writing perspective, there are a few spelling and grammar issues, and a couple of times where either a photo has been flipped or the caption is labelled the wrong way round(I'm not sure which), which are kind of hallmarks of co-author Kenny Casanova by this point (and I mean that affectionately! ), overall it's solidly written and once again I feel grateful to Casanova for everything he does in getting these stories out there (he's ghost written a large number now, and helps with the publishing too)"
