The Truth About Aaron Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Jonathan Hernández
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
371

The Truth About Aaron by Jonathan Hernández Book Summary

The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother.

To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout at the University of Florida, he helped the Gators win the national title in 2008. Drafted by the New England Patriots, in his second full season with the team he and fellow Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski set records for touchdowns and yardage, and with Tom Brady, led New England to Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. But Aaron’s NFL career ended as quickly as it began. On June 26, 2013, he was arrested at his North Attleboro home, charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd, and released by the Patriots. Convicted of first-degree murder, Aaron was sentenced to life in prison without parole. On May 15, 2014, while on trial for Lloyd's murder, Aaron was indicted for two more murders. Five days after being acquitted for those double murders, he committed suicide in his jail cell. Aaron Hernandez was twenty-seven years old.

In this clear-eyed, emotionally devastating biography—a family memoir combining football and true crime—Jonathan (formerly known by his nickname DJ) Hernandez speaks out fully for the first time about the brother he knew. Jonathan draws on his own recollections as well as thousands of pages of prison letters and other sources to give us a full portrait of a star athlete and troubled young man who would become a murderer, and the darkness that consumed him. Jonathan does not portray Aaron as a victim; he does not lay the blame for his crimes on his illness. He speaks openly about Aaron’s talent, his sexuality, his crimes and incarceration, and the CTE that ravaged him—scientists found that upon his death, Aaron had the brain of a sixty-seven-year old suffering from the same condition. Filled with headline-making revelations, The Truth About Aaron is a shocking and moving account of promise, tragedy, and loss—of one man’s descent into rage and violence, as told by the person who knew him more closely than anyone else.

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Book Name The Truth About Aaron
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
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Language English
E-Book Size 9.02 MB

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Very well written. This book was excellent. My heart went out to DJ. I just wished there was more involvement with Avielle. It would have eased some hurt and the book doesn’t explain why there wasn’t more time with her :(

Must read for Aaron Hernandez fans. Shed light on a lot of questions I had just being a longtime fan of his.He said he wanted his story told honestly and his brother did it beautifully.I hope his family can find peace after all the tragedy!

My Favorite Book of 2018. Raw, emotional, & honest! This is the Aaron Hernandez Story I’ve been waiting to hear.

Excellent. Written very honestly. This book helped me to wrap my head around the tragedy of Aaron Hernandez.

Danielle Brand. This book really gives an insight into Aaron’s life. It’s so crazy. Hearing about his internal and external struggles. I just wish he would have known it was okay to have thoughts about men. May he rest in peace ❤️.

The best thing that has been written. Purchase this book.. Aaron’s Brother did an amazing job detailing his personal life and struggles. I think this is absolutely a must read. I could read this over and over.

I met Aaron Hernandez and got his 30-plus dancing cactuses. He was in relation to Leonardo Hernandez, my Spanish teacher. The principal at my old school allowed Mr. Hernandez to invite his cousin’s son. (Of course Aaron’s father was already dead by the time I met Aaron). When I saw him, he was in a full football outfit and was waiting for me. He had two or three bags of dancing cactuses. There were 36 Carlos the dancing cactuses, 9 Carlos the dancing Christmas cactuses, and 9 regular cactuses with Feliz Navidad. They were all working perfectly when I got them from him. Now I have a total of 9 reds, 10 orange and 11 yellow Carlos the dancing cactuses, same count (18 total) as for the Christmas and feliz navidad cactuses. Now 2 of my yellows and 2 of my orange ones do not move at all. Before he left, I slapped his butt because he was in his football pants with pads and told him thank you for giving me your dancing cactuses. I couldn’t believe he was falsely accused of murder months later. One of my cactuses that I filmed was an orange and yellow sombrero and they are still dancing and singing like they should. The orange one stopped 2x and activated again and the yellow one stopped once and was almost finished with his song when I stopped filming. I can’t believe someone decided to destroy the football industry by falsely accusing Aaron Hernandez of murder. Rest In Peace, Aaron.

Awesome. First off Johnathan;prayers to you and your family. I was a fan of Aaron and followed him from football until now. I knew there was more to his story and I just wanted to than you for sharing. I read all these chapters in one day! The book was very interesting to read. As you described everything I felt I was there during every moment. May God give you and your family the strength to continue on your Earthly journey until you meet Aaron again . God Bless you!

Great read!. Really enjoyed reading this book. Very well written. You can definitely feel all of the emotions and the connections and bond they shared as brothers.

A Must Read!!. Such a great book!!

Captivating Story from beginning to end. This memoir depicts the tragedy the entire Hernandez family lived. Story is moving and meaningful. If anyone assumes Aaron’s demise was due to bad life choices, please read before judging him. He was a human being who as a little boy never fully healed from his abusers. I have more compassion for Aaron, Johnathan, and Terri as a result of this story.

Heart breaking. DJ thank you for sharing the life you shared with Aaron. Can’t imagine the pain you suffered through out your life. Such an amazing touching story. I hope you get answers you are looking for may God have Aaron by his side

Read this book!!. Best book I’ve ever read by far! This book shows who Aaron actually was, he was a bright soul, an amazing football player, a loving person. I wanted to know exactly who he was and what happened and this book gave me all of my answers. Thank you D.J. Rest In Peace Aaron!

Awesome read!. The book is so touching regarding the Family. Thank you Jonathan for enlightening everyone.

4.5/5. Very good book, in depth life story through the eyes of his brother, DJ Hernandez. This was more of a personal read about Aaron’s life through his DJ, rather than Arron’s life story. Still great material, great read. The Jose Baez, “Unnecessary Roughness” was a great read that went into depth about Aaron’s case, the details that surrounded the circumstances in the case and his life Unnecessary Roughness is a slightly better book but this book is just behind it. Still great and highly recommend it!

The Truth About Aaron. I loved the book. I thought it would have been hard to understand but it was very moving.

Tell Your Own Truth. The cousin who’s helping Aaron navigate a critically challenging portion of his life has her husband stolen by Aaron’s mother. Jonathan essentiall declares, “I am not my brother’s keeper” when offered a dream job coaching, at a top football school, a paid opportunity to help save his brother. In the end, the father who savagely beat his wife in front of his kids and forced Aaron into a decreased quality of life is honored as the standard of fatherhood. A sobering warning and a terrifying example of how our family, which should be our safest refuge, can be our greatest sabotage. Tell your own truth, not someone else’s.

WOW!. I’ve never read a book faster in my life! Never put it down from the min I started reading it. So so so sad all of it.

Excellent. Wonderful and sad book!

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The The Truth About Aaron book written by Jonathan Hernández was published on 30 October 2018, Tuesday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 371 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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