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Title: I'm Telling : A Novel by Karen E. Quinones Miller ISBN: 0-7432-1435-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (60 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: This one is a head-scratcher
Comment: I finished this book in one sitting, not because I was enthralled but because I was anxious to see when it would all come together. But I finished sorely disappointed because I do not feel that it ever really did. I just couldnt figure out the main characters of Faith, Hope, and Miss Irene at all.
Incest and choosing men over one's own children seems it would cause a vast and bitter rift between mother and daughters, but not so here. While they got into heated arguments every ten pages or so about what happened in the past, they still always ended up acting like nothing that catastophic had ever happened to them as they joked, hugged, and laughed. I dont know about anyone else, but if I was molested and my mother chose the man over me and called me a slut, and as a result I ended up a free-loading prostitute on crack, I'd have some definite issues with our relationship. And it is true that even when experiencing something like that, the victim will still love the parent, but it seems that years later they would have atleast had some long, deep talks and Irene would have apologized for putting men before her children. But that never really happened.
Instead there were just pages and pages of the women playing "who would you choose",chunks of absolutely insignificant and uniteresting dialogue(such as the way too long conversation about the word 'gesundheit'), filler about Faith's job including way too much unnecessary delving into the lives of her clients, and a WHOLE lot on Henry and Faith meeting, Henry's prior involvement with the Five Percenters, and the "Godfather" restaurant incident, which was actually clever in its own right, but was still totally random in addition to everything else if the story wasnt meant to be about Henry and Faith. Not to mention the subplot of the lesbian wedding, of which the ending was not a surprise at all. I thought it very obvious what was really going to happen, and it really seemed as if she could have worked that part into the novel a little better. Sure, she made it all come together at the end, but it was at the expense of not tying the strings together on the issues between mother and daughters.
The supposed big climax at the end just left me scratching my head as nothing about the past was delved into deeply or rationally, no apology or understanding from the mother, and no insight as to how the healing process began. You simply turned the page to the beginning of the last chapter and all of a sudden it was six months later and all was well and everyone was happy and best friends again. HUH?!?!Maybe it was just me, but I simply couldnt figure out what exactly was supposed to be the main plot of this novel. And perhaps that lies more on the editor who should have done a better job in plugging up the craters(not holes) in the story.
I think it did have the potential to be a good story, however. And since I do like supporting African American authors, I will definitely give Ms.Miller another try. Hopefully her next work will contain a more definitive central plot and much better editing to avoid the filler.
Rating: 4
Summary: This book was REAL!
Comment: I just recently finished this book. In fact, it only took me about four days to read it. I think that the author really caputured the emotion of the characters. She really made the characters memorable. In fact, I still find myself thinking about Hope, and Faith. This story is very real. To think, I could work or just happen to know someone who has been through something similar to this is really something. I honestly don't think there was anything the author could improve in that story. I am about to read Using what you Got. I only hope that this one is as good as the last! All I have to say is Ms. Miller you go girl!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Read
Comment: This was a enlightening and sometimes painful read. I find that the predicaments illustrated in this book are unfortunate but are quite prevalent in our society. I think Ms. Miller did a good job of making us aware of this problem. This is a good read.
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Title: The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey ISBN: 0525947248 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Using What You Got : A Novel by Karen E. Quinones Miller ISBN: 0743246144 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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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: Baby Momma Drama by Carl Weber ISBN: 1575669080 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Satin Doll : A Novel by Karen E. Quinones Miller ISBN: 074321434X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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