I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions [Hardcover]

O. J. Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

The memoirs of O J Simpson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316341002
• ISBN-13: 978-0316341004
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,503,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars (Some of) O.J.'s side of the story, March 20, 2005

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Marc Dalesandro (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions (Hardcover)

In reviewing this book, I am not going to get into matters of Simpson's guilt or innocence. I'm simply writing this review for those O.J. trial fans who might want to purchase it to get a different perspective on the crimes.

My opinion? You probably shouldn't bother. There are numerous books out there written by members of the Dream Team that can give you the perspective from the "he was innocent" camp. This book is merely O.J. trying to raise money for his defense (he admits it in the book). Because "I Want To Tell You" came out *before* the trial, there is really no information about the legal side of things or about the trial itself.

Also, since O.J. hadn't gone to trial yet, there was much he couldn't discuss on his lawyers' orders. So, you get watered-down protestations of innocence, but very little specific info.

Skip this book unless you want to hear O.J. protest (feebly) his innocence without any real arguments at all backing up his claims.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Then tell us something of substance, February 6, 1999

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Steve Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions (Hardcover)

It causes educated people the world over no end of amusement at the power O.J. Simpson has over his fans. I recently bought this book for $2.98 at a local bookstore and when I finished it, three hours later, I felt I had paid too much. I have read every book published thus far on the Simpson case and I was hoping that in this self-promotional pamphlet I would find O.J. answering some of the difficult questions concerning his case. He did not. I stand speechless when I hear adult persons, people who can drive a car, and go on dates, and check out books from the library, adult persons say with a straight face that they know in their heart that O.J. is an innocent man. I think in the future this case will not be looked at as a courtroom travesty, nor will it be studied as a mirror of the racial climate in America. I sincerely believe that future sociologists will look at this case and attempt to figure out how America could have ANYONE with so little educational skills that they would believe that someone else was guilty for this crime. This book illustrates how easily people can be fooled when they think with their skin rather than with their brains. Let's throw I.Q. tests out the window. Let's do away with the S.A.T. and A.C.T. tests. Lets trash the College Board examinations and simply ask individuals: "Do you think O.J. is guilty or innocent." The answer that follows will REALLY reveal a person's educational abilities and previous attention to serious study and logical thought.

45 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lies, whole lies, and nothing BUT lies, January 3, 2001

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Becky - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions (Hardcover)

This book is clearly the most narcissistic piece of FICTION ever printed. The killer tells us about his glory days as a football player and his "wonderful" life with poor Nicole, conveniently omitting his no contest plea to spousal abuse and eschewing references to the 8 times Nicole called the police to settle their domestic disputes. But the most glaring omission in this trashy, exploitive book is a confession, a failure to spot the blood which will drip from his hands to the end of his offensive existence, and a complete blindness to his obvious guilt.