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Born to Skate: The Michelle Kwan Story

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If you've already read Michelle's autobiography this book is just a repeat. There was some info I didn't know about Michelle but very little. In my opinion, the book talked too much about other skaters. Some info in there was not necessary. Michelle Kwan fans out there, this book is better for people who want a mix of other famous athletes. I'm an MK fan and I was a little disappointed. If any of you haven't read Michelle's autobiography yet, you are better off getting it instead.

I'm a huge fan of figure skating in general and Michelle Kwan in particular, but this book sounded like it was written by an over-enthusiastic child. A lot of the quotes were taken directly from interviews that the skaters had done on TV, the writing and grammar were sloppy, and there were a lot of details that were just plain wrong. Tonya Harding did NOT come in third at the 93 nationals; that was Tonia Kwiatkowski (whose parents, by the way, are named Phil and Corinne, not Shirley and Leonard). Epstein waxes poetic about Michelle's brilliant artistry in 93 and 94, when she really didn't begin to shine until the 95-96 season. And any time Michelle didn't win first place, Epstein acts like she was robbed. These may seem like petty gripes, but with all the well-written literature available about Michelle, this book's numerous errors cause it to fall far short of what we've come to expect in skating coverage. Do yourself a favor and read Michelle's own autobiography or either of the two better-researched books by Christine Brennan.

This was written like a bad soap opera. Details are over the top and too dramatic and the writing style goes over the top. The message becomes too obvious and just too much! There's a reason people are willing to sell this book for a penny. Not worth reading.

If you want to learn about Michelle Kwan, a girl who worked hard for her dreams, you're not getting it. You will read about Michelle Kwan, ice skating star. The book has one page, that's one measly page, of information BESIDES Michelle. I am writing a report on Michelle, and I am having the HARDEST time extracting information from this book. All it focuses on is her awards and later accomplishments. Where is all the information about her youth life? COULDN'T FIND IT!

Epstein was critical of other skaters, i beleive it was written poorly. My advice to other readers is not to read it.

the book was intresting and full of things really never told on a television event.

This is a rather silly and useless book. Epstein is merely trying to cash in on the many dollars figure skating generates. You will learn nothing here about Michelle Kwan that you can't read in a news article or her own autobiography. Epstein constantly goes off into tangets about other celbrities from Tiger Woods to Princess Diana. If you are a fan of Michelle Kwan read her autobiography, skip this book.

This book, besides giving tons of information on Michelle, had a great little directory in the back about all the jumps and spins. It taught me how to do my first lutz! I loved this book like I said and I hope you will too, but only another figure skater could give it 5 stars.

This biography was a terrific look into the world of figure skating. It always helps to have someone who knows first hand what the sport is like to write about it. It also made you feel that you really knew Michelle once you read it. A really good book on the sport and performer.

The book I read, "Born To Skate," was the best bool on a bibliography that I have ever read. The book had a lot of excellent detailing, which made the book sound a lot better. Michelle Kwan's story about her was interesting and educating. It talked about her dreams when she was little and how she made her dreams come true.

Her big dream was to go to the olympics, which she did and to become a world figure skater, which she also did. She always lived up to her expectations in life. She always kept a smile on her face even when she was down.

This story about Michelle Kwan's life was so wonderful to read about, because everything was positive about her attitude. Born To Skate was a good story about people living up to their dreams and never letting go of them no matter what. In the story she said, "Always live up to your dreams!"