Review: Overall good story, with some rough patches
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2011
So I, like many other reviewers, must agree with EnvyNone, who really summed this book up so dang well, so well in fact that I almost didn't write this review. Alas, I feel like I owe the writer my individual feedback so here goes...Basically this is a very good story of unlikely love and attraction between a black suburban relationship writer, and a rather urban white rapper. The author did a good job with giving the reader a sense of who Rick and Carolyn were, where they came from, and why they were falling for each other. As characters, both Carolyn and Rick were well rounded, and though their conversations often made me feel like an intruder in a private conversation, I enjoyed their witty banter. Additionally, the story drew me in and kept me engaged simply because I wanted everything to work out for these two.On the other hand, the story was very long, had some rough patches where I was so confused about what was really going on and what the heck the characters were talking about, and there were some scenes that simply could have been left out. At times I really just wanted them to spit out what they wanted to say and make it plain. Enough dang metaphors and coded phrases, all of which seemed to hint at something that I clearly was not privy to. With that said, and again, what really saved this story, and allowed me to actually finish, was my interest in how this mess was going to work itself out...and I'm glad that it did, otherwise I would have been upset that I invested so much time reading and deciphering the story. I would read another story by this writer, and hope that some of the reviews she has received will help her workout some of the kinks.