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Summary: OUTSTANDING READ !!!!!
Review: Being an avid reader of all books and having knowledge of the legal world, this book was in my estimation TOPS. Several readers have suggested that the author did not put much thought into the plot and made the characters superficial. I say wake up - first this is fiction, and second if you have spent even one hour in the justice system this book speaks volumes. I know many lawyers and judges that this book could have been about. I'm just waiting for the prequel to this book - The Law School Years. I read it in a day and half and will most likely read it again, it's just one of those books and they don't come around very often. So sister friend I tip my hat to you and I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for the next book. (Keep in mind the prequel idea.)
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Summary: It Could be Anytown USA
Review: I read the book on the advice of a friend - also an attorney - just for fun. I found similarities with the people in Houston and the attorneys in Atlanta. Sure, it get's a little far fetched in the end, but the main characters seem like composites of several people I know. It is worth reading, just don't take it too seriously.
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Summary: THIS BOOK WAS TERRIBLE!!!
Review: I read this book a couple of years ago and I am amazed at all of the positive reviews it has received. I am not even sure this is an African American author, and if so she is out of touch with reality. This seems to be a soap opera type novel written from a white perspective with black characters as the focal points in the story. The only reason I gave it one star was because I wasn't able to give no stars. By the way, a friend of mines left a negative review and I noticed it was convientely deleted from this site, she hated it as well.Save your money... Trash!!!
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Summary: Too fake!
Review: I read this book a few months ago and since then I have not seen much about it. Well, I know why. Average books just don't get the pub. I thought the plot was interesting but overall I wasn't really excited about the book. I like the plot because I thought that finally there was a book about black lawyers and their lives, but this one was a disappointment. That was probably one of the worst endings of a book I have EVER read! Also, she spent so much time trying to describe Houston and the details that it became redundant. Some things were too unbelieveable. I know this is fiction but some things were ridiculous! I think it was a good effort but overall, the storylines could have been more fine tuned and more in touch with reality. Some of that stuff about the men was crazy! Hopefully the next one will be better. Try again Linda!
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Summary: Shades of Justice by Linda McKeever Bullard
Review: In all my years of reading, "Shades of Justice" was one of the best books I have read. Once I started reading, it was difficult for me to put it down. I would wake up at 3-4 o'clock in the mornings, and reach for this book. After reading this book, my expression was wow, wow, wow. What I also liked was the fact that it was difficult to predict how the story would end. When I thought I had the ending down pack, I was hit with one surprise after another. It took me awhile to pick up another book after reading "Shades of Justice". I couldn't get the book out of my mind. It's a shame that Ms. McKeever Bullard does not have any other books out. She is a wonderful writer.
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Summary: Very Slow
Review: It took me from August 2003 until February 2004 to finish this book. I read 7 books between Shades of Justice. It started off good until she remarried and the author kept using the N word. The battles with her daughther was crazy and unreal. The story line kept changing. It started getting good at the end, but then that was a disappointment. It was not clear who killed CC.
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Summary: Very Slow
Review: It took me from August 2003 until February 2004 to finish this book. I read 7 books between Shades of Justice. It started off good until she remarried and the author kept using the N word. The battles with her daughther was crazy and unreal. The story line kept changing. It started getting good at the end, but then that was a disappointment. It was not clear who killed CC.
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Summary: When paying your dues can get you killed.
Review: SHADES OF JUSTICE chronicals the lives of Gwen, Willette, and C.C. from college to the various legal professions that dictate how they are perceived by themselves and others. Unfortunately, it deals with the very real perception of who you know that will determine how far you get. When the secrets of one of our trio began to spill out after the murder of a loved one, lives begin to clash and friendships begins to take a very dark turn. Suddenly, the one whom you thought you could call on can very well take you to parts unknown, and can also discard you like used paper. Three intriguing ladies placed in a enviroment where being the role model is only a covering for what lies beneath, and it will keep you turning the page to find out what happens next. Excellent first offering!
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER!!!!!
Review: THANK YOU MS. BULLARD FOR GIVING ME AN EXCITING WEEK. THIS BOOK KEPT ME ON EDGE AND I COULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER TO BEGIN. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL SHE WRITES ANOTHER I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE AT THE STORE TO PURCHASE IT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUCH WONDERFUL WRITING. I AM A MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. THOUGH I DID NOT LIKE HOW SHE HAD MY SORORS ACTING I TRULY LOVE SHE INCLUDING US IN HER WONDERFUL BOOK. I REALLY LIKE THE STORY SHE WAS CONSISTENT THROUGH OUT THE BOOK. BROUGHT UP OLD ISSUES OF RACIAL THINKING. THE ALL CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK SEEM LIKE THEY FORGOT WHAT "YOU REEP WHAT YOU SOW." THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GOOD READING.
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Summary: Deserves less than Zero stars
Review: This book is bad.
It's bubonic plague bad.
Ok, imagine that a nuclear bomb has exploded. You're left alive. Your flesh is decaying, you're sick, you're blind. The book is a little worse than that.
Why is the book bad? We could blame the publisher but that would to easy. We could even blame the writer however this is her BEST idea, so we shouldn't. Instead, lets blame Terry McMillan. Yes, I said it, Terry McMillan. as you may have noted this book's cover has changed from the initial photograph which highlighted the victim----oooh, I mean protagonist Gwen, it is now three multi colored "sistahs" and the line notes are now about their "struggle".
Who started this wave of multi-hued "sistahs" and their struggles? Terry McMillan. Who is propogating this wave? Bad writers.
Now lets talk about the book. Gwen spends most of the book as a victim freely sharing herself sexually with men under the most dubious of circumstances. She tends to lie and manipulate and perpetuate herself as a victim to the point of being destructive to the image of black women. This book is horrendous and I recommend that one not only NOT buy a copy but also warn off friends and family. The quality of the writing is rather juvenile as well,I don't mean to lambast the book but it deserves it and I am ashamed to see the quality of what readers will accept. These self-same readers aren't picking up the writers that are truly of quality, exploring the issues of race and gender. I could name a few but this doesn't strike me as the readership conducive area.
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