Patterson is one of the few mega best-selling authors writing today and this as with many of his other books was co-written with others, and tells the story of someone who came from a splintered home life growing up, took in with a bad crowd and made a series of horrific decisions into his adulthood while a wealthy and famous NFL player, with it coming out after his death that Hernandez suffered from brain injury.The book doesn't feel to be terrifically written and come across as a fairly straightforward recounting of events and more than anything else, is just a shame of a tale.