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Summary: TO THE RESCUE.
Review: I've decided to comment because I found the book to be thought provoking and a personal challenge to me. I have been primarily attracted to and committed to Black men. However, their lack of reciprocal commitment to Black women has always baffled me. I admit that African-American men and women are going to have to work very hard at building positive relationships and if this book helps us get any closer to that goal then I applaude the author. I admit the author sort of goes a "little" over-board with her depiction of the female characters and their neuroses, problems and prejudices but after all it is FICTION. I commend the author for her effort and courage to challenge sisters to re-think our struggle (for power/control) with our men. (And if this shoe doesn't fit you, then ....)This book also made me question other girlfriends and some of my male friends, literally, engaging them in conversations about what is wrong and what do they desire from their relationships. This is the first romance novel that made me search myself for why my "tall, dark and handsome" is still in paperback and not in my bed.
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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: I found the plot of this book very degrading to African American women. The author, who happends to be a woman, focused on to many different characters instead of developing fully 2 or 3 main characters. I found this book to be extremely wordy and I could never fully grasped where the book was going. I wish I would have read the customer reviews prior to buying this book instead of having to warn you about it now.
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Summary: Yikes
Review: Delorys - Couldn't help but notice the name of the architectural firm. Also, that you have a character in the book named Jim, and he's a chauffeur. Thanks a heap. In case you want to put me in your next novel, my car is a Hyundai Excel, my refrigerator storage containers are by Tupperware, and everything I wear came from either Wal-Mart or garage sales. By the way, Banshees howl, weep, and "croon," but have never been reported to jump up and down. Regards to Allen.
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Summary: Well, I made it to the end
Review: Too much drama for one little book. I pray that women are not actually plagued with the problems of the characters in this book. This is the latest in a new trend of books that portray women negatively, only this time the author is a woman. Despite its negativity and confusing storylines, the book makes some good points about the expectations women have for their relationships. But then again, we have all heard it before. Don't rush to buy this one unless you have absolutely nothing better to do.
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Summary: Belongs on Jerry Springer!
Review: This book is just plain tacky. I have never seen so many women so colorstruck before! Black women are not like this! We are not this insecure! The book had an interesting plot, but some of the chapters portrayed Black women as evil, petty and immature. The cover of the book really attracts your attention because it has you thinking that this book is about intelligent divas, but it's really about a bunch of psychos!
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Summary: SUPREME DISAPPOINTMENT
Review: I am guilty of judging a book by it's cover. How I regret going that. This book was one of the most disappointing I have ever read. I realize Delorys Welch-Tyson is new to creating literature. However, I never imagined being quite so disappointed upon completing this book. Most of her characters remained underdeveloped. The book should have simply focused on the two main characters, Althea and Desiree. There was not enough dialogue and Althea was portrayed as an unbelievably immature 40ish year old woman. I wish Ms. Welch-Tyson better luck on her next novel. Maybe that novel will be more than just an attractive cover.
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Summary: Three thumbs down!
Review: This book was recommended to me by one of my girlfriends. I'm glad that I bought it in paperback because I would have been mad if I bought it in hardcover( a waste of money).They were to many characters D.W.T. tried to elaborate on; the book should have been written about Aletha & Desiree because they were the main characters. I would have liked if the author wrote more about Veronica. Her story line was good but there was not enough information. Since this her first novel, I give her an A for effort. I hope her second novel will be worth reading & buying.
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Summary: No!
Review: I gave this one everything I had. Page after page, I tried to give the author the benefit of the doubt. Poor character development, little to no substance, just plain weak. The torture was definitely NOT worth it, once at the end, all I could yell was NOOOOOOOOOOO! The book hurt my feelings...
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Summary: Yeah, My Mind Was Snapping
Review: I really, really wish I read the reviews from here before I purchased this book. I couldn't even finish reading it, I thought I was going out of my mind with confusion and boredom. I thought the dialogue was too long,too pointless, with too many vague flashbacks. I felt the novel was more of the writers personal views on matters being voice through her characters than it was actually a "story". The characters were not well developed at all, and they were unrealistic to me. It's sad to think that forty year old women would act as childish and immature as she presented her characters to be. You'd think at that age a woman would be more mature and grounded. I'm sorry, maybe her next efforts will be better.
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Summary: Terry McMillan's Not So Bad After All!
Review: Where's Mother Love? I need to go on "Forgive and Forget" and apologize to Terry McMillan. Just when I demonized her for her rough and hostile treatment of Black men in her novels, along comes an author that makes her look like an absolute angel. Gingersnaps is one of the most blatant attacks on Black-on-Black love relationships that I have ever read! It's clear the author of this book had an agenda besides telling a story, as there were absolutely no positive Black man/Black woman relationships featured in the book. The Black woman character who who expressed in interest in dating only Black men was presented as some sort of hostile, racist, borderline psychotic with lesbian tendancies. Everyone else presented had some serious personal and relationship issues, that, as the author brazenly shows, can only be solved by hooking up with anyone who is not of African descent. Did anyone else notice that the only character in the book presented as intelligent, mature, and grounded was a Black woman psychologist married to a White man (hmmm... I wonder what message is being sent there?). All of the Black on Black relationships in the book were dsyfunctional, and none of the book's characters exhibited any sort of mental and spiritual maturing you would normally like to see in a character as a story progresses. Even the talk show host never showed any signs of growth or maturity, even after a man was killed on the set of her show. Some of the other reviews I have read said this book should open Black women's minds up to as to their dating options (meaning date anything other than Black!) Well, this book doesn't subtly "open your mind up" to dating options, it blantantly blows it apart with a shotgun! If you want to date interracially, that's your biz, but don't dog your brothers and sisters because of it. Hey, if I'm overreacting, I'm sorry, but I'm a Black man and I'm a little sensitive to some to the mess presented in this book. Terry, I apologize! You weren't so bad after all!
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