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Mixed emotions about this book. I became a huge Terry Crews fan after his podcast with Tim Ferriss (https://youtu.be/gEde9awCB3E) and his work in Brooklyn 99. The man has gone through a lot and his struggle is as inspiring as a story can get. Terry Crews is extremely talented but somehow the book just had broken flow. Turning from one page to the next felt disconnected. There were a lot of good stories in the book but it just wasn't that well written. 3 stars. For Terry Crews being who he is.
just finished this and i really liked it. it is a memoir but a lot of life lessons and inspiration. some reviews were disappointed by the title. basically Terry shows one how to be a man by his example. the book shows how Terry finally reached manhood and learned how to be a better man.i did a search for Terry crews and manhood on the interwebz. found great interviews he did while promoting the book. they have even more life lessons and talks about what it really means to be a man in today's soc...
We were able to attend his speech at UT Arlington as part of their Maverick Speaker Series on Oct 16, 2018 and it was fantastic.
An excellent memoir on toxic masculinity and how one man (mostly) overcomes it
I did not want to read this, especially because of the cheesy description on the jacket. But I dove in because my book club picked it.Honestly, through reading this, I learned to not judge a book by its cover. This story was not at all what I expected. Much less cheesy self-help fodder than the description makes it out to be.Terry Crews has a very interesting life story. I respect his vulnerability throughout, and I hope it does help other men dismantle the pressures they put on themselves. It c...
I did not know I could love Terry Crews more than I already did.
I read this book after 'The Mask of Masculinity' by Lewis Howes as part of my journey to understand the men in my life and men at large a little better. To be honest I did not get what I expected, instead, I got a really honest, raw, inspiring story of how Crews struggled in the NFL AND in Hollywood. Crews talks about how many people - teachers, coaches, agents, producers and the NFL at large treated him poorly. In my mind, this was likely due to the simple fact that we was a large black man and...
I've loved Terry Crews since I saw him in White Chicks. But I REALLY loved him ever since I saw that he has feminist values and spoke out about his own sexual assault. When I found out he had written a book I immediately put it on my to read list.What I liked about this book was how honest Terry Crews was about the things he talked about. I liked how he admitted that even while writing the book he noticed that he was trying to shift blame on people when it was really on him. I can say it enough,...
A very quick and easy read.Learned a lot about Mr. Crews, who I pretty much knew as President Camacho and Chris's Dad. Although, I do love him as Sgt. Terry Jeffords on Brooklyn Nine Nine.I enjoyed reading about his childhood, his football career, and how much adversity he faced to get where he is right now. He overcame a lot, realized his faults, and made his life (and the life of his family) better.
This wasn’t the book I thought it would be when I sought it out after watching Trevor Noah interview Terry Crews about the cancellation and subsequent surprise pick-up of further episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I hadn’t seen that TV series but I was so impressed with what Crews said in the interview about masculinity and how it really never was all that good for men, either. And then there was the funniest man on late night (Noah) saying over and over how funny Crews was…well, I knew I had to f...
More like 3.5/5 stars. I enjoyed this brutally honest memoir and was really surprised to read about Terry Crews’ career and home life. I remember when he became a star from White Chicks and remember hearing he was a football player. I wasn’t aware of how little he played in the NFL, how many times he got cut from teams, and how deeply he and his family were struggling to get by before he made it big with White Chicks. The most detailed he gets in the book is his really rough, traumatizing childh...
I’ve grown up knowing who Crews’ is. Reading his book of course allowed me to get to know him as a person, not just an actor. I read his autobiography because it was a book club selection and glad I did!The book was more “life story” in the beginning and middle of the book, which was needed to understand where Crews’ is coming from when he speaks on manhood. Then at the end he connects the lessons he’s has learned through life.The book was written in 2015 and I’d be curious to know how it would
Terry Crews has some fairly important things to say in this book. Two of my favorites are "All a kid needs is one good word from someone he believes" and when writing about marital problems, "The kids already knew something was wrong, and if I hadn't told them, they would have thought it was them." He shares meaningful revelations about life, parenthood, marriage, selfishness, and masculinity. What's most impressive is that he also gives honest narratives of the mistakes he made along the way--
An hard hitting, pull no punches look into the life of an extraordinary man, “Manhood” takes you through the life and tribulations of Terry Crews, an actor everyone feels familiar with in one way or another.Terry’s story is one of aspiration, of pushing oneself to the limit for better and for worse. He doesn’t shy away from the hardships of childhood, the turbulent times in his personal life as an adult, but always manages to turn a sunnier light onto situations. That positivity, the ability to
Firstly, his wife sounds like an incredible human being. She was the real MVP. Crews recounts his whole life while explaining major events that shaped him into the man he is. I really appreciated his vulnerability and honesty. Regardless of your stature, to be as honest as we was to people and the public (the book itself) is quite great. The book is both inspiring and a solid examination on what happens to men who grow up with toxic ideals of manliness and identity.
Author Crews opened up and let it all hang out! He talked about his immaturity, naiveté, how his anger was self-sabotage, his love/hate relationship with God, his obsession with pornography, his awakening to racism and how he learned about it up close and personal, racial profiling, how being a people pleaser didn’t get him ahead, and insecurity. What kept me mesmerized was the honestly and openness.Author Crews told us how, as a child, religion and his parents constant fighting kept him in fear...
4.75 stars. The title isn't quite appropriate, but I enjoyed what felt like an earnest conversation with Terry Crews far more than I expected to. The instructional material the title suggest is conveyed more through "This is how I handled myself, and I was wrong" than through "This is how the Better Man should react to this given situation" .
3.5 stars A few years ago, I watched a long interview with Terry Crews. I had only known him from the Old Spice commercials and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and I was struck by how self-reflective and multi-talented he was (NFL player, successful actor, talented artist, innovative furniture designer). I picked up this book because I was curious how he developed so many talents and to see the way he thinks. This time, I was surprised by how much of his life he spent being angry, resentful, or irresponsibl...
While this book purports to be about how one ought to go about being or being with a man, it is more a memoir than a how-to. While the chapters on his work on films and in television are interesting, the tone never seems quite resolved. And yet, I didn't want to stop reading. Part of this may be because the narrative is compelling but I favor the idea that I didn't want to pick it up again. He is open about his struggles with pornography and his subsequent seeking help for his addiction, which m...
Read in one day. I love Terry and this book kept with his normal loveable persona. There are both serious topics and the normal day to day of life that he experienced trying to achieve his goals.