
All-American Murder
The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
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Football coaches, players, and fans called Aaron Hernandez unstoppable. His four-year-old daughter called him Daddy. The law called him inmate #174594.
He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million.
Aaron Hernandez's every move as a professional athlete played out in the headlines, yet he led a secret life-one that ended in a maximum security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast?
Son of a University of Connecticut football hero known as "the King" and brother to a Huskies quarterback, Hernandez was the best athlete Connecticut's Bristol Central High had ever produced. He chose to play football at the University of Florida, but by the time he arrived in Gainesville, he was already courting trouble.
Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, not long after Hernandez made his first Pro Bowl, he was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins.
All-American Murder is the first book to investigate-from the unique vantage point of the world's most popular thriller writer-Aaron Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own untimely and shocking death. Drawing on original and in-depth reporting, this is an explosive true story of a life cut short in the dark shadow of fame.
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- MeMe
- 01-25-18
Great Book!
I really enjoyed listening to this book. I highly recommend it to all of my fellow readers.
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- Laird S. Carmichael
- 12-18-22
Aaron Hernandez
Informative but not as good as other Patterson books. Good detail on Hernandez’ life and death.
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- Kf
- 02-20-23
Good content, okay reading
The story is accurate on the details but is heavily bias from the author. The actual reading from the voice actor is slow and his voice is stale.
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- L. Pavela
- 02-05-24
A complex person.
As someone who is interested in Hernandez, I learned little more than I could’ve figured out previously. It is written at the same, third grade level that most of Patterson’s books are written at, which makes for formula reading.
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- Ron J
- 01-31-18
Another great Patterson and Co production
Thanks to Mr. Patterson & Co for this behind the scenes investigative take on this horrific event. My sympathies to those that suffered injuries and loss.
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- Lady Reader
- 01-27-18
Life Imitates Crime Fiction
As captivating a read as any of Patterson's crime fiction, and a real-life cautionary tale about traumatic brain injury.
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- Shelly B
- 03-12-20
Sad Tale of too much money
This book was good but it is the same story we already knew. He had too much money and fame went to his head. Aron Hernandez was a sad tale. Fame and money and too many hits in the head made for bad judgement. NFL really needs to figure how to not let this happen again.
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- ejyankee
- 07-29-18
Good even if you don't like sports or non-fiction
I don't often listen to non-fiction. I find it easier to read because in listening the narration is often dry. That wasn't the case with this book. I enjoyed it from start to finish and learned a lot about Aaron Hernandez. While there is a lot of football content and it helps to have knowledge of the NFL or the SEC, one could read the book and understand it without a background in sports.
Also, I think it's a good read for those that do like sports as it tells about an aspect that isn't often in the public eye.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-23-19
Gripping story overpowers and picks up slack for sub par narration
American kingpin hands down the best story I’ve ever heard but All-American murder sits alone at my 2nd favorite for the exact same reason, an incredible story. There were so many unforeseeable events that kept adding on either to Aaron himself or those around him as his life progressed. It set the tone and core of the story and provided great character building. Some moments your sympathizing with him and wondering how it’s going to go so wrong and other moments your have him pinned as a straight up thug that epitomizes evil. And back and forth those feelings go even during the epilogue.
Now one review mentioned how the narrator actually sounds like a robot and you wasn’t able to get through 10 minutes before he turned it off. I don’t know what’s going on but In the first 5-10-15 minutes I was wondering the same thing and pissed bc it sounded like a computer out of the 90s narrating and chopping through each sentence. That fades away after a little while and part of that could be cuz the story grabs you and doesn’t stop. I was pretty pissed at first, wtf I was excited for this book and this asshole is butchering it. honestly after those thoughts faded it didn’t criss my mind the rest of the book. I’m going to listen to Jose Baez (his lawyer) book on Hernandez now, Baezs personal relationship with Aaron during such a vulnerable era of his life is something Patterson can’t compete with.
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- Joseph Windley
- 01-18-21
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Great book, Enjoyed reading the story very serious I think they are more situations like this in the NFL. I truly believe he had a problem read
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