Truly inspirational story - Rated 
I picked up this book because I read other books by this author including Liar's Poker and Moneyball. I found this book truly inspirational. This is one of those stories that someone will make a movie about. Lewis tells a story about Michael Oher who was born to a drug addicted mother. He struggled through life and with the help of many families ended up playing college football and become one of the best players in the league.
Whether you are a football fan or not, you will be emotionally touched by this story because every single one of us can relate to it. We all, in one way or another, have to struggle through life to achieve whatever it is that we want. If you have read other books by Lewis, this one will not disappoint you.
- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market
Very very cheaply made books - Rated 
This is not about the quality of the story-which is excellent.
It is about the quality of the paper, I am not a pedant. I couldn't give two tosses normally how good the paper is. But this is so bad. The paper is about as thin as the Bible's and the cover creases when the wind blows on it. So badly put together. Also the photos are printed black and white onto the pages..it really takes away from what is a great story.
Excellent read - not just for the football fan - Rated
I'm a huge football fan but actually don't read that many books which are football related. Normally they are the usual ghost written ramblings of some former player or coach which have the odd interesting after dinner type anecdote but generally are very formulaic.
Not this book.
I was attracted to it from some word of mouth recommendation. Really glad I bought it.
Gives some really interesting back ground on the evolution of the passing game, o-line play and blind side pass rush in the NFL. Also gives some insite into the College recruiting process. Which is good if you are a football fan.
But more than that it tells a fascinating human interest story of a poor black kid from New Orleans with a drug and alcohol addicted dead beat mother, multiple brothers and sisters from various absent fathers and zero education. This kid just happend to be 6-5 and weigh 300+ lbs at age 14 and have great athletic ability.
Taken in by a rich white family who support him through high school this story tells of his journey adapting to a middle class upbringing, his education and of course the development of his footbal career.
As a postscript the book ends with him being recruited to Ole Miss a Division 1 College football programme on a full scholarship. He was just drafted to the NFL by the Baltimore Ravens with the 20th overall pick in the 1st round of the 2009 NFL draft.
Great story.
Exceptional true life story - Rated 
Even if you are not asports fan I have no doubt that you will find this a riveting read. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school--such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football.
What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.
A fascinating and moving insight into the growth of a potential NFL star - Rated
A fascinating and moving insight into the growth of a potential NFL star from very humble and difficult beginnings. I am sure the vast majority of people who have read this will be pulling for Oher to make it to the big stage. The development and changes in the guys life are brought out well by Michael Lewis here, this is a very fine book, he clearly has a knack for writing about sports what with this and Moneyball. I look forward to his next book on football, although I fear we may have to wait longer than I would really like.
As a footnote - Oher declared for the 2008 NFL draft, then changed his mind, giving him another season in college.
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