Review: Exploitation of a Generation
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
The title of this novel clearly defines its content.  In this novel, the power clearly belongs in the coochie, if you will.  Gibran Tariq's "Coochie" centers around two sisters, Neon and Brianna, and their upbringing to use their womanly assets to get what they want, which is money from unsuspecting men.  The sisters set their sights on Supreme, a former hustler. With their thinking, they want to take him for what he's accumulated over the years.I started reading this novel and thought it was going to be an in-depth look into the illegal act of sex trafficking of under-aged girls, but most of the novel focused on selling drugs, a lot of clubbing and money making from a group of Russians who thought selling young black girls was a new come up.  The novel dragged on and a lot of what I read, especially dealing with Supreme, just seemed a little far-fetched seeing as he at one time was a big time hustler.  There were numerous grammatical errors, not much character development, and the story really didn't develop until almost the end of the novel.  Maybe if there is a sequel more will come out concerning what happened to the girls, but as is, the ending left you wondering what was next.I can't imagine what young girls endure when they are sold into a life as this novel depicted. While I'm sure this is going on daily, there was room for so much more but most of the actual story of sex trafficking was not brought out.Reviewed by: Lisa M.