Which is worse: to love your mother fiercely only to lose her? Or never have a mother at all? Obie and Princess never debated this issue. They were...
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Oct 19, 2008
Gail
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It is difficult to review this book without being the bearer of "spoilers". The story is raw and totally contemporary, and under other circumstances, or in the hands of another writer, it might become both trite and ordinary. With a different writer, Obie and Princess might be lost in the sea of what is fast becoming traditional "street lit".
Happily, this is not the case. Their story is phrased in a modern epic poem by a skilled and talented writer. Boldly wr More...
Happily, this is not the case. Their story is phrased in a modern epic poem by a skilled and talented writer. Boldly wr More...
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Dec 31, 2010
Roy
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The title of this novel is a warning that the author is kind enough to offer right on the front cover. “This Aint No Hearts and Flowers Love Story” as suggested is not a conventionally written tale, which means it won’t be for everyone. Just as the experimental style of William Burroughs, John Barth and Jorge Luis Borges challenged the boundaries of prose that readers were accustomed to, the wonderfully named Brooklyn Darkchild concocts a style uniquely her own. Intimately narrated in alterna
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Nov 19, 2008
African Americans on the Move Book Club
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This Ain’t No Hearts and Flowers Love Story
Was an interesting read, it was rather different from other books I’ve read. It took me a little while to get over the Ebonics that the story was written in. Besides the Ebonics I would say it was as good read. The characters were bold, racy and entertaining. I would recommend anyone who likes a down to earth story to check this novel out.
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Was an interesting read, it was rather different from other books I’ve read. It took me a little while to get over the Ebonics that the story was written in. Besides the Ebonics I would say it was as good read. The characters were bold, racy and entertaining. I would recommend anyone who likes a down to earth story to check this novel out.
NDEA B
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Jun 15, 2009
Adrienna
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During my plane ride, I was reading this book in one hour of nearly one hundred pages out of 297 pages. This is a quick read once you get engaged and engrossed with the main two characters: Baby Girl (BG) also known as "Princess" and Obie (OB), birth name Oscar Bryan...I would call myself OB too. What the two characters have in common: no motherly love!
This is raw, nitty-gritty, entertaining, and Ebonics is the middle name of this book! It is for the Hip Hop Era, new style More...
This is raw, nitty-gritty, entertaining, and Ebonics is the middle name of this book! It is for the Hip Hop Era, new style More...
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Sep 06, 2009
Marlon
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Wow.
That sums this book up in one short quick summary. It was amazing. Brooklyn Darkchild is so talented. This is a true page-turner once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Darkchild deserves a standing ovation for this captivating tale of misery that engulfs you and pulls you through the wringer with the central character Obie. This book was VERY brutal but honest. This book was something different.
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That sums this book up in one short quick summary. It was amazing. Brooklyn Darkchild is so talented. This is a true page-turner once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Darkchild deserves a standing ovation for this captivating tale of misery that engulfs you and pulls you through the wringer with the central character Obie. This book was VERY brutal but honest. This book was something different.
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Dec 01, 2008
I won this book from Brooklyn's website. I meant to take the book with me on my trip to Staten Island, so glad I didn't. This is truly a page turner, I would of been so absorbed in the book I would of forgotten the purpose for my visit to Staten Island. This is a definite must read.
Apr 13, 2009
Timothy
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Brooklyn Darkchild is a literary wunderkind—Li’l Kim-Dr. Ruth-Ann Landers-Donna Summer all rolled into one. She is also a disciple of truth in advertising, as her novel This Ain’t No Hearts and Flowers Love Story, Pt. !, is exactly what the title professes it to be. The story, written in something resembling a long narrative poem, is laden with gritty drama, and tempered with humor and life lessons that will leave readers wondering why Darkchild’s work isn’t placed in bookstores next to more wid
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Jun 15, 2009
This is a quick read once you get engaged and engrossed with the main two characters: Baby Girl (BG) also known as "Princess" and Obie (OB), birth name Oscar Bryan...I would call myself OB too. What the two characters have in common: no motherly love!
This is raw, nitty-gritty, entertaining, and Ebonics is the middle name of this book! It is for the Hip Hop Era, new style of writing and format, that can reel you in to keep reading or scare you off from your normal novel.
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This is raw, nitty-gritty, entertaining, and Ebonics is the middle name of this book! It is for the Hip Hop Era, new style of writing and format, that can reel you in to keep reading or scare you off from your normal novel.
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Dec 16, 2008
I'm saving this for when I have more time to concentrate on it. I'm reading far too many books really quickly so I can share them with friends and with the holidays here I just can't devote the time I want to the book. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to it fast enough that I won't have to start over. :)
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Aug 18, 2009
Megan
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I won this book on the goodreads giveaway (Thank you!) I can honestly say I’ve never read a book like this before and once I got used to the Ebonics I quite enjoyed it. The characters were bold, funny and realistic. I love the narrative of being inside the character’s heads; it made them both relatable and more realistic. The story kept me on my toes, never knowing what was coming next, and the ending was a cliff hanger than has me biting my nails and wondering what will happen in the second
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Sep 01, 2009
Jennifer
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I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway. It did take me a while to get into this book. Once I got past the ebonics, it was a good story. It sucked me on and kept me reading. You can relate with the characters and everything that they have been through.
Oct 30, 2009
D.K.
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First off, I’m not a romance reader. The title of the book, This Ain't No Hearts and Flowers Love Story Pt1, clearly indicates that this would not be a typical romance novel but I had my doubts at first. That was until I read the first page. Though the book talks about the harsh realities of abandonment, drugs and sexuality, it also has its fair share of humor and overcoming hardships. I was drawn into the story by the author’s writing. The characters were described in rich details and you were
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Aug 27, 2009
Kelly
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I could not get through this book. I got to about page 100 and gave up. The book is very difficult to follow. I can't really follow what is going on very well and there are so many characters that are not really significan that I had a hard time trying to figure out how everyone was related. The other thing is that this book has a lot of swearing in it. Im not afraid of a few eff bombs here and there but quite literally there was just too much of it on EVERY page. If anyone wants to try it
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