PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewBecause the essays appear together after being written separately, some cameo themes and people inevitably repeat ... There are also some notable absences, including the women’s game, which perhaps falls outside Beller’s experience but nonetheless would offer a ripe setting for his strong storytelling and insight. In what may be the book’s most moving chapter, Beller encounters his former coach at Vassar College.
Seth Wickersham
RaveThe New York Times Book ReviewSeth Wickersham, with thorough reporting and the experience of covering New England’s twists and turns, manages a noteworthy feat in It\'s Better to Be Feared... he humanizes Brady, Belichick and the Patriots owner Robert Kraft for outsiders in a way that can be exceedingly difficult ...This is Belichick as Walter White rather than Heisenberg, and Brady with intimate moments of self-awareness about his career and personal life. Love New England? Spygate, Deflategate and the other self-inflicted problems and toxicity within the organization were probably uglier than you thought ... Wickersham does not shy away from any of the problems associated with New England’s rise and eventual breakup ... Wickersham lays out the strains in the Brady-Belichick relationship over hundreds of pages.
