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By: CHCH 397
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2025-02-26 11:36:44 |
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Enjoyed the conversational style of book, and the little "training bag" quotes at the end of chapters. |
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By: ROTO 010
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2025-01-11 20:48:11 |
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So many different and strong views on this book! One member felt it was indulgent and poorly written, others thought it spot on and using a dialect spot on. Very insightful and of course brought out opinions in the group about female toughness, abuse and what we tolerate in the guise of bravado. A beautiful story, of a national treasure able to portray first hand the positioning of womens' rugby. |
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By: STRAT 001
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2024-12-19 14:10:33 |
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An easy read, which made for interesting and stimulating discussion within our group. We were inspired by Tui's positivity throughout her life. |
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By: HAVE 016
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2024-12-11 13:41:04 |
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Unanimous 5 from everyone. Even those who aren't rugby fans have fallen in love with rugby. Her resilience, hard work, dedication and humour captured our hearts. |
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By: WHAKA 008
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2024-11-27 14:18:36 |
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All agreed Ruby was a very motivated and most inspirational young woman. A book to be enjoyed by all, but especially good for young readers. |
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By: TAKA 001
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2024-08-14 11:34:58 |
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As none of the group are rugby fans, this book had less appeal. Ruby's determination though was admirable. We also think this book is for a young audience, and could do with a good edit to remove the repetitions. |
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By: BLENH 027
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2024-07-15 11:31:57 |
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The Group loved the first half of this book, though half lost interest in the second half, mainly due to not having an interest in rugby. She does have an inspiring story though. |
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By: OPOTI 003
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2024-06-06 10:23:13 |
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Easy to read and accessible - got to know who Ruby Tui is. Learnt lots about rugby - we'd all recommend it, especially to younger people. A great discussion book, and a great introduction to a sports memoir, a world we know almost nothing about... |
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By: TEPUK 006
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2024-05-13 13:05:26 |
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Excellent, inspirational read. A true Kiwi heroine. A battler. Written in her voice and hard to put down. |
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By: GISB 003
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2024-05-09 14:48:29 |
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Our group liked the insight to Samoan family life. Lost interest a little in the later chapters where there was more about rugby. |
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By: NGARB 001
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2024-05-01 12:55:43 |
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Amazing woman, with such dedication to rugby. |
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By: BLENH 017
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2024-03-14 13:23:36 |
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Great feedback on the 'Straight Up' Ruby Tui book from the entire group. Very inspiring, such a go-getter! Prepared to put in the hard yards. |
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By: MOTUE 001
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2024-03-11 11:36:40 |
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Everyone in our group thoroughly enjoyed this book. There were lots of life lessons talked about that we could all relate to. We were full of admiration for Ruby. |
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By: CHCH 241
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2024-01-23 11:19:43 |
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All thoroughly enjoyed the book. A real eye opener. We found some areas repetitive as to how people can succeed, and some members didn't enjoy the writing style. |
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By: HAMIL 007
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2023-11-13 09:43:18 |
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We were all agreed that Ruby Tui is a most remarkable person, and greatly admired the way she has overcome adversity and what was at times an extremely difficult childhood. We likewise were very struck with her choice to give back, to try to help other people struggling with the issues she confronted. The book considered as a book was ok, but it was really the life behind it that we responded to. In sum, we responded to her and her message, but the book as a book - not quite so much. |
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By: INVER 001
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2023-09-19 13:51:07 |
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Wonderful book. All of us were overwhelmed with the emotions we felt as we experienced the highs and lows of Ruby's life. As one reviewer said, "A phenomenal book from a professional athlete"!!! |
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By: MARTIN 004
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2023-06-14 15:00:19 |
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We really liked this book, and several with older grand-daughters were resolved to buy it for them. A real upward lift - a 'value of positivity and purpose story'. GREAT! |
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