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LEGO: A Love Story (2010)

by Jonathan Bender(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0470407026 (ISBN13: 9780470407028)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Wiley

review 1: Okay--out Christmas shopping for Killer Bunnies and find this little gem in a discount book section of the game store in the local mall. For $4 it was perhaps the best buy I've ever made. What could be better than geeking out on LEGO heading into the great toy holiday? Even funnier is the fact that my kids bought me a canister of orange and clear LEGO pieces for Christmas before I ever picked up the book! Looks like the whole family was on a LEGO kick.I have been telling my friends lately that I will never divest myself of the LEGO acquired during the kids' childhoods; instead, I hope to someday roll into a retirement community with plenty of time to finally PLAY with the darn things to my heart's content (now add in a little Tim Sandlin/Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty and g... moreetting old doesn't sound quite so daunting). There is absolutely nothing cooler to me than LEGO--you create whatever you want. This book fit perfectly into that love!
review 2: I should disclose that I am ambivalent about LEGO. I have no real experience playing with them and I don't have a particular interest in picking up bricks and starting now, so perhaps that colored my perception of the book. I was looking forward to learning more about the company's history and the motivating factor behind AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO). And while the author did deliver this at times, it still felt like the book was more about the author's initial lackluster affection for LEGO. The side story about the couple's infertility seemed a bit gimmicky to me. I felt that the author struggled to fill all 270 pages and so many of his chapters and stories seemed superfluous, especially those related to beginning a family. I often found myself bored and looking forward to the end of the book.But if you are a big fan of LEGO, you might enjoy this book as the author may seem less like an intrusive character and more like a friend taking you on a LEGO-inspired journey. But I can't really recommend it beyond that. less

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