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Title: Leslie by Omar Tyree ISBN: 0743228669 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.78
Rating: 5
Summary: Leslie hits her marks
Comment: Raw yet lush storytelling makes Leslie a very appealing and refreshing novel from Omar Tyree. This streetwise yet educational story is about the fascinating Leslie -- voodoo priestess, murderer, or a misunderstood young college student?
The setting is New Orleans, on the campus of Dillard University. Leslie is different, alluring, mysterious, and has a lot going on underneath her darkened skin. On one hand she seems like everybody else (a student, a restaurant worker, and a person who's concerned about her family members). But Leslie's mindset is what keeps you turning the pages; maybe you can uncover the motivations of this young lady who has her roommates scared yet in awe of her -- the things she says, the expressions on her face, the unsettling feeling she gives to everyone around her.
The solid pacing gives this story an element of suspense and excitement. You never really know what's going to happen next. And the language of the novel is simply beautiful - a rhythmic mixture of street slang and French (plus the wonderful interpretations so the reader can understand what's being said between the characters). And there are expressions you've never read before that will make you laugh, or make you think.
This novel is a great and commendable effort, flavorful, spicy with good characterizations and social commentary that covers the goings-on of the hood interspersed with the challenges of a mysterious college student.
This is the best Omar Tyree novel to date. If you're looking for something different but good, then give Leslie a try.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Read
Comment: I really enjoyed this book. It's the story of Leslie, a Haitian college student attending an HBCU. Leslie has had a rough life and is trying to better her life by attending college. She is a strong and determined to succeed. All of her family members look to her for support. When her mother calls her from her death bed, she revels to Leslie that her grandmother was an high priestess and that Leslie looks just like her. Leslie is estatic and doesn't know how to deal with this new revelation. She begins reading up on Vadou and starts taking things into her own hands when trouble comes knocking into Leslie's life.
I gave this book 4 stars only because I didn't like the ending. Hopefully Mr. Tyree will give us a sequel.
Rating: 4
Summary: Leslie: A thriller more than a novel
Comment: I have read some of Omar Tyree's books, but this one is original on its own. Here it talks about a young black woman with a terrible past yet trying to improve herself from present to future. Yet bad things happen that surrounds her and she's the one person who can end it.
The story has some self-discovery, history, and factual ideas about black women, blacks in poverty, Voodoo, and family. This book may catch a little bit of a mystery as to why Leslie would do all those things. My suggestion is that Omar Tyree should write a part two to this explaining her childhood past plus leading towards her later aftermath of the crimes that she committed. All in all, it was worth reading.
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Title: A Love of My Own: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris ISBN: 0385492707 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Thieves' Paradise by Eric Jerome Dickey ISBN: 0525946632 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 13 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Just Say No! : A Novel by Omar Tyree ISBN: 0684872943 Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: I'm Telling : A Novel by Karen Miller ISBN: 0743214358 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: For the Love of Money : A Novel by Omar Tyree ISBN: 0684872927 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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