Review: Butta Is... So Much, Much, Better
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2012
EXTREME WARNING: Unless your computer has updated Norton Anti-virus protection or comparable protection against covert & malicious software (which infects your computer & then downloads all your files at night by spies) DO NOT ACCESS ANY OF MY REVIEWS!!! [This is no hype or joke.]In the tradition of Pam Grier and Tamara Dobson (as the premier lady-a**kickers of Soul during the 1970's), comes a novel by Corey A. Burkes with a modern, Black female protagonist who not only dishes plenty of payback, but your money's worth as well... a smart and sexy heroine called Butta.Unlike the mediocrity of most 70's blaxploitation scripts and films, the plot for this modern-day novel is very well-written and crafted---which is probably why it WON'T be made into the Hollywood action flick that it deserves to be. The heroine is intelligent, crafty, vunerable, deadly, and totally sexy... but NOT sexy like some whore, hoochie mama, or stereotypical Black bitch...who all use sex as their principle weapon. [This non-standard characterization for the sexuality of Black women is certainly not new, but it is DIFFERENT from most depictions by today's Black urban authors.] Butta is not only sexy, but is also a serious Black woman, who's about taking care of business...first, last, and big time.Corey A. Burkes is a classy writer--who has given us a class-act heroine--depicted with great skill, craft, and verve. [Something that's very rare in urban Black Literature...and that's why it's "even mo' better" when you find it.]This novel is definitely worth your time and money. So, buy it. Enjoy it. And tell a good friend (who also reads.) Then wait for the promised sequel-- expected sometime later this year. But, be sure to read Corey A. Burkes other novels, (also expected later this year.)