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First Quarter Outside Reading Book Review

The MAD Fisherman by Charlie Moore. St. Martins Press, 2008 Genre: Autobiography

Charlie Moore is twenty four years old living in Beverly Massachusetts with his girlfriend at her parents’ house. Life is just not going to well for him. He attempts to make a living off of opening a tackle store. He does part of this but not all of it. He opens it but despite his immense effort it is a pushover. At times he felt like dying would be better. But he stuck with life. While being bored at his store he would watch fishing shows on television since there was nothing better to do. He would watch and watch these shows over and over again. They were so boring he kept thinking. And that’s where it all started.
“A good old success story related with charm and humor.” BOOKLIST states about this fantastic book.
Charlie Moore explains his life and scenarios throughout the whole book. It explains how horrible and bad his life was towards the beginning. But as life progressed day by day and how the book progresses page by page it could not better. He stuck with what he wanted and eventually, but not easily got there.
He writes very uniquely. Like no other writer that I’ve ever read a book from. He made the book so there would be different emotions in different parts. You would feel bad for him in the beginning like nothing could be worse. But as it goes on you feel happy like his life could not get any better.
“Oh, this is a nice . . ., I began, then paused for a few seconds, looking for some new way to refer to it, just to liven things up a little. Hmm.Yeah. This is a nice. . . Larry... Yeah Larry, the Largemouth.” (66).
I love Charlie’s shows. That’s why I was so interested in the book. And trust me Mr. Moore does a great job of keeping you “hooked” after reading the first page or two.
It’s descriptive but like no other. It’s not boring but exact opposite it’s fun and enjoyable to read. He’s not phony either, that’s his actual personality which makes me enjoy it more. I also felt there was a great lesson to be learned from the book and I got a lot out of it. Anyone who has ever had troublesome times and got through them should read this because they can relate very well to him.