Mark Tullius

Welp...A series called "Try Not To Die" lives up to its name. I must've killed off the characters, in this choose your own adventure style book, at least a dozen times. A town, Brightside, not like any other town. Telepathics galore. That's why they were all brought here...and now they are trying to escape. The Boots won't let that happen without a fight. Try to make the right decisions while escaping or never leave Brightside alive. This was a really fun story. Only downfall is that the choices are so close together, basis wise, that it is very easy to make the wrong choice. Also, my suggestion is to use 2 bookmarks for the book, because if you are like me, you are going to have to return to a page to remake your decisions.
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Why do people compete in MMA? That is the premise of the book. In the book blurb it says “Unlocking the Cage takes readers into the gyms and into the minds of the fighters” and it was that line that drew me to this book.

I have been a UFC fan for years, before it became mainstream, and now with UFC stars like GSP, Anderson Silva, Ronda Rousey and of course Conor McGregor, MMA has got the world talking and tuning in to watch these fights.

If you have only just started watching or trying MMA this would be a great book for you.

And I think this book would be great for sociology students as well as it certainly gives you a great in-depth look into why people want to make

as MMA fighters, how they came to the sport and the stigma of the violence in the sport.

It is full of interviews that are interesting, some more than others but it does leave you with a slightly higher knowledge of a fighters lives and the sacrifices they make in-order to excel in this sport.

MMA fans will definitely want to read this and anyone that is curious about the sport, this would be a good place to start. And if you are the few that still think this isn’t a real sport, just pure violence then this book will go a long way to dispelling that myth.

I really enjoyed it, and reading as a fan of the sport it was nice to see behind the scenes.

With the UFC being in the news quite recently for equal parts great for the sport and some that could cast a dark cloud over it, this is the perfect time to pick up this book!
A big thank you to the author Mark Tullius, publishers The Independent Book Publishers Association and NetGalley for my copy in exchange for an honest, independent review.

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