Today I’m reviewing Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin.

Here’s the blurb.

By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her.

Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry – roughhousing with the neighbourhood kids, getting older and hosting secret parties while her parents were away, enrolling in a warehouse wrestling school, nearly breaking her neck and almost kneecapping a WWE star before her own wrestling career even began – and she was always in search of a thrilling escape from the ordinary.

Rebecca’s deep love of wrestling as a child set her on an unlikely path. With few female athletes to look to for guidance, Rebecca pursued a wrestling career hoping to change the culture and move away from the antiquated disrespect so often shown directed at the elite female athletes that grace the ring. Even as a teenager, she knew that she would stop at nothing to earn a space among the greatest wrestlers of our time, and to pave a new path for female fighters.

Culled from decades of journal entries and containing treasured family photos, Rebecca’s memoir offers a raw, personal, and honest depiction of the complex woman behind the character Rebecca Quin plays on TV, and a fascinating insight into the world of professional wrestling.

Review

Yes I’m a bit of a wrestling fan I must admit, call it fake all you want but I know my body couldn’t do what those guys do and boy do they sell it well! Ha

Once in a while a character will come along that immediately you like.. or sometimes dislike.. those that stay with you no matter what they do or how time passes.. Stone Cold for example will always be my ultimate.. then there’s Becky Lynch!

I grew up in the Diva days when wrestling for the women was more about how they looked rather than what they could do in the ring.. they didn’t get a real push or the screen time.. if I’m honest it felt like they were objects not people, but you could sense a change coming and it’s people like Rebecca Quin who helped change the way we look at women’s wresting.

I love real stories.. I love the relatable moods and emotions,  and The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl hits all the right notes.

There’s some massive high moments.. main eventing..pushing boundaries..love.but there’s also the horrendous lows.. dealing with life’s stresses, eating disorders and failure… it’s the realness we don’t see on screen.. we see the image they want us to see but there’s that doesn’t even scratch the surface.

I know Becky is just a character but what I always loved about seeing her on screen is it instantly felt real and it’s a talent to put realness into the performance and what The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl shows us it that Rebecca Quin put the same energy into her own life, facing every challenge put in her way.

I really enjoyed learning the errors Rebecca made along the way too.. like we all do.. it’s part of growing up.. the realness just helps you become more invested in the tale.. more invested in the character.

The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl is a wild ride of highs and lows, it’s raw and real and mirrors the feelings we all have in life.. although in rather different circumstance.

We know Becky made her way to the top of WWE but you that didn’t stop you rooting for Rebecca Quin from the first page to the last.

Interesting and insightful read!

5*

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