Destinee's review
Chasing Destiny by Eric Jerome Dickey
I have a lot to say about this book that I'm not going to finish. In no particular order:
1. I thought about creating an "urban" tag for this book because that's what these kinds of books get called, but I decided against it because I don't like "urban" as a euphemism for "black". I may create an "african-american" tag.
2. I wanted to read something by EJD because he's so popular.
3. I picked Chasing Destiny because MY name is Destinee.
4. I did not enjoy reading this book. The sex scenes were pretty good, but they didn't make up for everything else.
5. Why didn't I like this book? There are a few reasons. As a nerdy white person from Seattle I had trouble hearing the voices of the characters in my head. Also, it felt like EJD didn't edit anything from real life. It's a novel! Skip the boring parts of conversations!
6. I may give another EJD book a try. Any recommendations?
1. I thought about creating an "urban" tag for this book because that's what these kinds of books get called, but I decided against it because I don't like "urban" as a euphemism for "black". I may create an "african-american" tag.
2. I wanted to read something by EJD because he's so popular.
3. I picked Chasing Destiny because MY name is Destinee.
4. I did not enjoy reading this book. The sex scenes were pretty good, but they didn't make up for everything else.
5. Why didn't I like this book? There are a few reasons. As a nerdy white person from Seattle I had trouble hearing the voices of the characters in my head. Also, it felt like EJD didn't edit anything from real life. It's a novel! Skip the boring parts of conversations!
6. I may give another EJD book a try. Any recommendations?
"urban" isn't necessarily "African-American", tho in this case it might be. I'm thinking of Melissa Mar's "Wicked Lovely" series that I would label an urban, gritty fantasy that isn't African American.
