RaveThe Chicago TribuneWe know the happy ending of The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse before the first page is turned. Yes, finally, hallelujah — the Cubs won a World Series ... That shared sentiment is part of the book's power. Cohen tells a story that is all of ours... Weaving between history lesson, memoir and fairly faithful sports reporting, The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse is a brisk and engaging read. It's hard to say much new or novel about the Cubs — probably no team has had more words spent in a bid to understand it — but Cohen does his best and employs an advantage even beyond his skilled storytelling...kicks into gear with Cohen's telling of the 1970s; that, not coincidentally, is when his own story also begins ... Cohen's painstaking and deliberate tone turns a bit rushed in the last chapters, most likely because he was writing in real time.
