Hot Johnny (and the Women Who Loved Him)

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Summary: Worth The Challenge
Review: Hot Johnny is one of those books that is going to make you think, make you pay attention, and most importantly, make you fall in love with it. When I put this book down, I would find myself thinking about it and being anxious to pick it back up so that I could find out more about this man, John The Baptist Wright, whom most knew as Hot Johnny. Each chapter is devoted to one of the women in his life and they range from his wife, to his mother, to his half sister. While reading each chapter, a little more about Johnny and his life will unfold before your eyes and, by the final chapter, you'll know and understand how Johnny got his name and what he really is like. This is not a book I'd recommend for anyone but the serious reader as casual readers might not understand it or they might just give up. But, if you want to read an excellent story, pick up this book, stick with it, and be ready to enter the fantastic world of Hot Johnny!

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Summary: Where's the Fan?
Review: Hot Johnny is........hot. This book tells the life of Johnny through the eyes of the women in his life, backwards. Don't let the cover fool you, it's not all about sex. It gets confusing at times, but it is still awesome.

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Summary: I liked it
Review: I am not done with this book, but from the parts I have read, I got to write this. Despite the title, Johnny loved and loved deeply. He truly loved Destiny despite the fact that she didn't even loved herself. Even though he tried he best to show her. It is so sad. There are many Destinys in this world, and that is the tragedy of that story. A well written book by a very lyrical author.

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Summary: Lukewarm Johnny
Review: I didn't like this book. I found it to be a confusing mishmash. There are too many characters and the story seems disjointed as it jumps from one female's prospective to another. The cover is goregeous, the blurbs are intriguing. The actual book was a let down. I took it back to the store four hours after I bought it.

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Summary: Hot Johnny, NOT!
Review: I found it really hard to concentrate on this book, mainly because there were too many characters. Several times I had to go back to previous pages to try to understand what was going on. The first few chapters were great, but the story got dull and repetitive after a while. Some characters did not make sense at all and were totally out of place in the story. Most of the women were too complicated and it was nearly impossible to figure out at times how they fitted into Johnny's life. It seemed that everyone was related and at the end the reader is left thinking that the whole story is one big messed-up incest drama. The characters jump back and forth in time and it's hard to keep up with them. Sometimes it's a good thing that every character gets to tell their side of the story because they are all a piece of a puzzle, but in Hot Johnny all the women were pieces of different puzzles and they never came together.

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Summary: Major disappointment
Review: I hate to say anything negative about anyone or anything, but I must be honest when I say that this book was very disappointing. I could not get into the book at all. I really tried by starting over more than once thinking that maybe I was missing something. Maybe there were too many characters, maybe it was the confusing writing. All I know is that I could not finish the book. I would not recommend this book to anyone, PLEASE keep your money.

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Summary: Major disappointment
Review: I hate to say anything negative about anyone or anything, but I must be honest when I say that this book was very disappointing. I could not get into the book at all. I really tried by starting over more than once thinking that maybe I was missing something. Maybe there were too many characters, maybe it was the confusing writing. All I know is that I could not finish the book. I would not recommend this book to anyone, PLEASE keep your money.

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Summary: Simply Outstanding.
Review: I have never read a book so well written. This book is unbelievable. This book is awesome. I loved it from beginning to end. This is truely a "must-read". The authors style of writing is so unique. It's takes true talent to be able to write a book such as this. The characters intertwine so beautifully. She is a gifted writer. I'm waiting on her next novel.

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Summary: Great Writer, hard story to digest
Review: I just finished reading this book after several attempts to get focused enough to read more than a few pages at a time without pausing to think about and really digest what I'd just read. This wonderful story is not one that you can just fly through and get the main idea of the story and feel satisfied that you've read the book. For those who want to read a book and not be left saying to themselves "what?" and then have to go back and read a particular chapter again because they didn't read it carefully enough the first time to fully understand the book, this is not a book you will enjoy. I enjoyed reading about the different encounters John the Baptist had with different women and seeing how one man can affect different women in entirely different ways, but still be just "one man". After having gone back again to re-read some parts to get a better understanding I still think I may have missed a few things, but overall the book was satisfying if for no other reason than it held my interest and made me ponder on the complexities of a man and understand how a person can be both good and bad to different people at different times in his life based on what he's going through. Read this if you enjoy stories of those who start out one way and evolve into something entirely different in the end. Excellent crafting of words and detail on the authors part, but the layout was a bit confusing.

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Summary: A true MASTERPIECE!!
Review: I read three books a week and I also write (God Don't Like Ugly). My time is extremely limited. However, I put my own work aside to finish this book once I started reading it. It was so well written and interesting it will remain with me for a long time to come. I read Color Purple more than fifteen years ago and I can still remember it almost line for line. I will remember this book, line for line, for years to come. The women were so diverse and intriguing! I found myself loving, having, and feeling sorry for Hot Johnny.