Review: Interesting premise for a story but the execution is horrible.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
Base on this book, this writer seems to buy into the believe that if a white person have a black friend or lover, then they are no longer racist. At least that's what I got from reading this story and as a result I couldn't root for this couple because the writer gave me no reason to want them together.He spend decades not only hating on poc,especially black people but actively working towards and doing things that would destroy them. He showed no real remorse or understanding of WHY it was wrong for him to feel the way he did, whether Whitney came into his life or not.  He showed some gratitude/appreciation for the blacks who went out of there way to help him but that's it. I got the feeling that if his family had been good to his son and his girl, he wouldn't have had any problem going back to actively working towards hurting poc and being hateful towards them.Beyond wanting to have sex with Whitney and appreciating the fact that she was taking care of his child, I didn't get why Bobby Jack was falling for someone like Whitney. He just kept telling her that she was the exception to the rule when it comes to hating blacks/poc.As for Whitney, I didn't get her. I couldn't understand how she was so comfortable and okay with Bobby Jack being in her life right away, especially when his body art proclaim loud and clear exactly his belief.  It was like she was so desperate to have sex with him or have someone in her life, that she ignored everything else about Bobby Jack, which wasn't much. She didn't know anything about him except that he was/is part of Aryan group and had a baby with her friend, that's it. But she allowed him into her life like she had known him all her life and ignored the fact that if he wasn't attracted to her, he wouldn't have any problem with her getting hurt just because she is black.The premise was great but this writer wasn't capable of handling it.