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Title: Dollar Bill by Joy, Joylynn Jossel ISBN: 0-9702472-9-X Publisher: Triple Crown Pubns Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (13 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: No Cheap Thrill
Comment: This review is the shortest one I've ever written, because I don't have much to say about Joy's Dollar Bill except that the title of the book should also be the price of it. Fifteen bucks is too much for this book unless you want to frame the cover; Vincent M. Ward, the cover model, is quite the guy-candy.
Gary, Indiana native, Dollar, is a hustler in the making. He goes from petty theft to a twisted form of vigilante judge, whereby he steals from dope dealers and other hardened criminals. His Robin Hood antics lead him into a five- year stint in prison. Dollar does not rehabilitate himself back to living the honest life, but learns from prison how to become the worst thing since Scarface. What in the world will he do when he gets back on the streets?
Trust me. You don't want to know. The two-hundred-plus pages aren't worth the time investment. It is macabre, stereotypical, hopeless and just badly written. This story could've been so much more if the author could command English language to her advantage. There is fluidity to this language that makes it difficult to master, but beautiful to read, and I wished that for this book, because it would have so much more to say. However, I do applaud the mysterious Joy for putting something out there that services a readership that is underrepresented in the literary world - American street life. Many publicists are on the hunt for this genre, but unfortunately there aren't enough authors to deliver these stories with a sense of realism and honor like Martin Scorsese or Sista Souljah.
Therefore, this novel gets two pens: one for completion and one for its attempt at creating a voice for the Black underworld. This book is suitable for men, and those interested in gangsta crime fiction.
Dee Y. Stewart
R.E.A.L. Reviewers
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Read
Comment: the novel was a good book to read...the author drew you into the story...it had a nice wrap up, i liked that about the story. ...i would purchase from the writer again.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Book
Comment: Joy you did it again! I truly enjoyed reading Dollar Bill. Dollar had the right intentions, just went about it the wrong way. I do not think the book was dragged out as one reviewer has suggested, instead it gave you insight into why Dollar did and made the decisions he made. I truly thought he would get out of the "game". Never expected it to end the way it did. Excellent read!!!!
Now I can't wait for the sequel to "The Root Of All Evil".
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Title: Black by Tracy Brown ISBN: 0970247281 Publisher: Triple Crown Pubns Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Road Dawgz by K'Wan, K'wan Foye ISBN: 0970247249 Publisher: Triple Crown Pubns Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Bad Girlz : A Novel by Shannon Holmes ISBN: 074348620X Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Hustler's Wife by Nikkie Turner, Nikki Turner ISBN: 0970247257 Publisher: TripleCrown Publications Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Dutch: The First of a Trilogy by Teri Woods ISBN: 0967224942 Publisher: Teri Woods Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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