Book Review: At Last!

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At Last!: The Kansas City Chiefs' Unforgettable 2019 Championship Season by Matt Derrick

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The reason for a book like this is as a keepsake for a memorable season. It is somewhere between a magazine and a coffee table book. If you were a big fan of the 2019-20 Chiefs, this is a book you will want to buy and display, and may pull out to re-read over years.

So my review is really irrelevant. The only thing really important is that it is competently put together. It is. This is what you want in this particular memento. A week-to-week review of every game, a few in depth profiles of major players (Coach Reid, Mahomes, Kelce, Chris Jones and Tyran Mathieu). I did really like that Derrick goes over how the building of this particular roster came about.

It is really hard not to be a Patrick Mahomes fan. While I think we have largely seen the end of the anti-hero era (Terrel Owens, Charles Barkley, Chad Ochocinco, Mike Tyson)and a return to fan-friendly sports heroes, Mahomes really stands out. He's enthusiastic and puts team over self. It really is impossible not to like him.

Derrick is a beat writer for the Chiefs and so he knows his stuff. The book focuses as much on what the players were saying and feeling as it does about the on-field play.

Recommended for Chiefs fan who want a souvenir of the season, and Mahomes fans of all ages.



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