Disappearing Acts
by Terry McMillan
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Loved it! The movie is among my favorites...among the first movies I ever owned (Dirty Dancing was the first...my all time favorite movie...it was a gift). I have it on VHS and whenever I'm in the mood, AND one of my VCRs is wired correctly, I watch it. It's out on DVD now, so I'll need to hook that up. This film was the beginning of my love of Sanaa Lathan (Zora), and with the name "Zora". I already knew and loved Zora Neale Hurston, but never considered naming my potential future dau...more
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
amybody who think they are all that and needs a wake up call
The main point of this book is for a girl to relaize that what glitter is not always gold. Also, it shows or portrays a moral life of a young girl who does not know what she want. The setting of this book is in Brooklyn, New York on teh east side. Zyra decides she wants to do better so she moves into a new apartment and meets Frankie. Her and Frankie start a terminal realtionship, and decides to have intercourse. After the first couple of intercourse's, she gets pregnant, kills her baby ...more
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"Waiting to Exhale" received all of the acclaim and is the book that changed the face of publishing to a significant degree as the industry suddenly realized that African Americans read too, and sometimes even like to read about fictional characters who remind them of themselves. But in my opinion this is Ms. McMillan's strongest novel. It's easy to become immersed in her work, forgetting that you're reading and instead envisioning yourself as a fly on the wall easedropping on lives ...more
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Read in January, 1992
I'm not really a Terry McMillan fan, but I really admired this book. I thought it was a pretty honest portrayal of the progression of a romantic relationship-- first you're enamored; then you're disillusioned, sometimes to the point of being disturbed; then, maybe, you find your way back to each other. It's not an uncommon storyline, but the way she exposes her characters' darker (yet utterly mundane) side is pretty unusual in fiction.
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone...but it's probably geared more towards women
i love terry mcmillan's writing. she writes about the stuff of real life. in this case, she's writing about the relationship between a man and a woman. it's a very realistic portrayal of the types of emotions and situations a person encounters when in a committed relationship. the characters were both very likable. even when franklin was being an asshole, i was still pulling for him.
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This was a good book. I typically avoid Terry McMillan because she can be QUITE vulgar and explicit and I'd rather not read that. But something made me go ahead and read this. It was good and real. There was no sugar coating and that is a relief in reading books about relationships. The HBO movie came out a little while later and I didn't enjoy that.
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It's a smooth read, but I was irritated by the fact that McMillan didn't appropriately deal with the misogyny and homophobia espoused by the protagonists. Still, it was written in the 1980s and the black community hasn't yet outgrown its immature stance regarding gays and lesbians, so I suppose it was a matter of not alienating her core audience.
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wow...never have i read such a weak black male character until i alighted upon good ole franklin...ok, i get it, he has momma issues along with a whole bunch of other issues but why is he so damned one dimensional??? I feel like there is not enough about Franklin unless he's messin up or being unreliable or just plain whiny
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Read in June, 2007
I thought the plot was kind of lame and predictable. Plus the author plugs her other book, waiting to exhale which was a good business move, but made me roll my eyes.
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Interesting story of the development and sometimes tumultuous path of a relationship in Brooklyn. Terry McMillan always delivers if you are looking for fun reading.
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Arguably my favorite Terry McMillan book because she uses the entire canvas to tell a very real, conflicted and timely story.
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Read in May, 1994
McMillan's 2nd book, and my favorite of the books of hers that I've read. Bittersweet love story.
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Another book they made into a movie, but the movie does the book no justice. It's a great novel.
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This was the first Terry McMillan book I read and, in my opinion, the best.
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I read the book and watched the HBO movie. I liked the book better.
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I wasn't into this one.
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