1 Star by Melissa - "The Book Journal"
This book must be a joke..., May 28, 2010
This review is from: Born To Return The Gift (Volume 1) (Paperback)
I went through three different emotions while reading this book.
1. I really hope this book doesn't read like a religious preachy book
2. wow, this book is pretty good so far and
3. Is this a joke? Does the author really think African Americans really speak like this?
After the first chapter I was horrified to read any dialogue involving the main character. If you want to know what stereotypes are, just pick up this book. I am not sure if the author herself is A.A. (African American), but if she is she should be ashamed for helping bad thoughts continue, and if she isn't, well I am just dumbfounded that she would think to write as one.
Another pet peeve...The main character's name is Nayma (pronounced Na-ee-ma) who has a long time friend named Naima. Yup, pronounced the same way. So to make it easier (huh?) to remember who is who, the author gave each a nickname. Wait for it....Mena and Nema. The author could not have come up with two different names?!
Besides the horrible depiction of language (it really felt like that author picked up an ebonics dictionary and stuffed everything into this book, including "aw sookie now), the profanity was uncalled for and did not help, much less improve the book. Have I mentioned the misspellings? You get the idea.
I was greatly disappointed. The story could have really been a good one. It talks about a woman who is constantly brought by by people around her and has to learn how to rise herself up from the ashes. Her bout with depression doesn't help matter, and if it weren't for the bad writing, you would root for her. This book left a bad taste in my mouth.
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2 comments:
I read this book too. Were you drunk when you wrote this hurtful review? We are all entitled to our opinions, but you should be ashamed to have written such an inaccurate and scathing review. The author, and her characters Nyima (Nima) and Naima (Mena) are African Americans.
People like you make me ashamed to be Caucasian. You sound like one of the racist females depicted in the book. This review was tasteless and you are a joke as a reviewer.
I think this reviewer was convicted by her own personal guilt and instead of not commenting on a book she evidently didn't read to the end, she chose to retaliate with negativity and unconstructive criticism. Her lack of comprehension shows in the fact that she never realized she was reading about an African American experience written by an African American. SMH. She read words and never comprehended what she was reading. Also, she failed to understand the use of same names in order to show the contrasts in character. Not only do all African Americans NOT look alike, (Being as unique as any other human being God created.) they have different problems which this so called reviewer failed to see or understand.
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