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Summary: Don't Put Off Til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today...
Review: Terry McMillan has continued in her down-to-earth style to which every African-American family can relate. She incorporates themes of the good, the bad, and the stressful. And, of course, she continues to explore the close, and often painful, relationships between mothers and daughters. She also issues a reminder that we should live for today. Enjoy life and take pleasure in our familial ties while our loved ones are still with us. To say we're sorry when we're wrong and to forgive each other rather than bear long, hurtful grudges. All in all, it was a fast read. Always interesting. Great book, if you like her other novels.
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Summary: Entertaining As Always
Review: Terry McMillan has managed to write another great entertaining read for all to enjoy. Terry has the skills! I really enjoyed this novel written from the 6 different viewpoints of Viola - the tell-it-like-it-is mother of the family; Cecil - the distant father of the family, who Viola pushed away a long time ago; Charlotte - the middle child who wants attention so bad, she chooses to act hateful and selfish toward everyone in her family to get it; Paris - the oldest and only child in the family to go to college who has money, but lacks other things in life and longs to be perfect; Janelle - the baby of the family who can be downright loony at times; and Lewis - the only son who is the typical "black sheep" of the family.Although noone in the Price family is perfect, these characters eventually learn to put family first, and put aside their own selfish needs. What I enjoyed most about this story is that these characters grew throughout the story, and by the end, they all were much better people than they were at the beginning. Even though it takes a tragedy to bring this family together, they realized that family is always first. Although there are many characters in this book, I can still see this becoming a movie. I am sure you will enjoy every bit of it as I did. There is quite a bit of blunt vulgarity (and the story would have been just as good without it), but if you manage to make it through that, you will have enjoyed another great read by Ms. Terry Mac.
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Summary: extremely emotional and understanding
Review: this book has a family like no other! actually this family is just like yours, or your friends. it's so understandable and very easy to relate to. i relate mostly to the little girl who was getting sexually abused by her stepfather. and the dumb ass mother who couldn't see signs of it. but this book is a definite reccommendation!
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Summary: okay but old story
Review: This book was enjoyable enough, but it's basically a retelling of the movie Soul Food. Siblings have problems, the matriarch dies, and then they all get their lives back on track and become a family again. *yawn*
But the book is funny in parts and Viola is a great character. All of the characters are well-written and their individual stories are very familiar in today's world. The chapters are hard to get into sometimes because the point of view changes each time and each person telling it is different. I would have liked their names in the chapter titles to make the transitions easier.
Good enough book but it's been done before.
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Summary: Terry, do you know any of my family members girl?!!!
Review: This book was very well written and it was worth the wait! I love the characters Terry choose to use for this book. I almost thought she knew some of my family members for a minute. Viola was the mother that told it like it was whether your feelings got hurt or not. (sounds like my grandma)Cecil was her husband who loved her dearly, but did not feel appreciated so he left and found him a young woman in the projects with kids! Lewis was the son who kept ending up in jail and every time according to him it was never his fault. Paris("Miss Perfect")and the favorite child according to everybody is always to everybody's rescue, but her own. I felt sorry for her at times because she kept her problems bottled up so she could help her siblings with theirs. Janelle the baby of the family had some serious issues in this book with her teenage daughter that will bring tears to your eyes. AND Charolette MY FAVORITE character who had nothing in common with her family, but blood. Charolette was just like her mom telling people off and not caring about their feelings. Charolette and her mom did not get along in my opinion because they were too much alike!!! Terry, you did a wonderful job writing this book. I laughed and cried throughout this book. The only thing I did not like about this book is that it had to come to an end!!! Terry, PLEEEEEASE DON'T KEEP ME WAITNG TOO LONG FOR YOUR NEXT NOVEL! I would give you more than five stars for this book if I could. (**********) I recommend this book to everyone you will not be disappointed!!!
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Summary: great read
Review: This has got to be one of my favorite books by Terry McMillan.This is one of those family drama books.I think everyone can relate to having a family member that is like one of the characters in this book.Definetly a must read!!!
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Summary: Great Family Story
Review: This is a great read. I tried to read it once and put it down. Why did I do that? This is a great family drama story. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: WEAK!!!
Review: This is one of McMillan's weakest books. It literally took me forever to get through it. I read the first 10 pages of this book, then set it down on my bookshelf. That was 3 years ago. I decided to finally finish reading the book this summer (2004). I haven't had to force myself to read a book like that in such a long time. She uses a lot of characters in this novel, so much so that she created a family tree in the inside cover just to keep the readers (and herself) from getting so confused. The story line itself is not as rich as her other plots. I'm a big fan of McMillan and have read all of her novels. However, this book just does not do her writing or story-telling skills any justice. She should have written a caveat emptor in her prologue that read "Buyer beware. You'll be disappointed right down to the very last sentence of this novel." I hope McMillan redeems authorship in more current novels.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: This was another enjoyable McMillan story to me. I loved it because it was a true to life story and each character seemed as real as can possibly be. The writing style is conversation style which, to me, adds to the story and gives it a cozy feel. Again, the characters are distinctive, true, and well-rounded. The story is an engaging one. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
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