Review: Mixed feelings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2013
To be objective and open minded about this book, I read it a couple of times. At first read, I had so many WTF moments I think I skipped half the book wondering at what point Maxine was going to find her d#mn mind. On the one hand, Maxine suffered almost a lifetime of abuse. Why would she put herself through the trauma of more abuse and humiliation. To her defense,(such that it is), she is trying to find out what happened to her friend. Because of the negative race issues throughout this entire series, I can see how some reviewers would be heated about the story. To me, the story had the potential to be great but fell by the wayside with weak characters. Maxine-DOORMAT. Philippe-CHICKEN****. I mean really, he's 40 and scared to stand up to his father and stop the woman he cares for from being raped. Really?? Come on!! In the final installment I hope the author would PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give these characters some backbones. Onyx Heart is the only character in the book who halfway had some good sense. Now THAT chick needs her own book (LOL). To be fair the story flowed well and the "who done it" aspect was interesting. I would classify this this book as a drama as there wasn't a lot of romance in it. I am interested to know how Lisa met her demise. So for no other reason than that, I will soldier on and read the final installment...