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Frozen Time
No one said adulthood was easy; no one said growing up rich in a poor, Southern town was easy, either. Joseph Thompson is a young, handsome black man-the son of a billionaire, born to privilege. He lives in the affluent neighborhood aptly titled The Bridge, sandwiched on one end by housing projects and by a trailer park on the other. Despite his father's scorn, while in college, he falls for Tonya, a common black woman as his father described her. When Joseph's mother is murdered, dating below his class seems to be the least of his worries. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with a beautiful blonde named Karen. Their friendship soon blossoms into something more, and Joseph, Tonya and Karen find themselves trapped in a vicious love triangle of their own making-a triangle their youth lacks the maturity to handle. Joseph finds himself pulled between the mystery of his mother's death and the possibility of lifelong love with two different women. Tonya must rise above poverty to prove that life is more than loss, while Karen struggles to battle her addictive demons. Can such troubled young people truly love one another? Or will they learn that you can't love someone else without first learning to love and accept yourself?
354 pages, Paperback
First published November 19, 2012
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September 18, 2013
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway, and I was very pleased to have the opportunity to read and review it.
On a superficial level, the storyline was engaging and kept my interest throughout the entire book. I looked forward to picking it up to see what would happen next. However, on a deeper level, the book had several flaws which kept me from giving it a higher rating.
The story centers around three characters. I enjoyed the author's technique of writing each chapter from a different character's point of view. However, it was sometimes difficult to ascertain which character was speaking until I was several paragraphs into the chapter. Perhaps simply using the appropriate character's name as the title of each chapter would have been better than giving each chapter a unique title.
The novel deals with important issues such as race and prejudice. I almost felt as though these issues were exaggerated in order to make the book more dramatic. I often found myself wondering which decade or state they story was set in, and without that information, I couldn't discern if the drama was realistic or contrived. My own observations of racism and prejudice today aren't as extreme or "black and white" as what this book portrays, so the book lost some credibility with me because of this. Another thing that was overused to create drama, in my opinion, was violence. I felt that too many of the characters were too quick to slap someone or throw something in response to something that happened, and that didn't feel realistic to me, either. Some violence was appropriate, but some of it just seemed gratuitous.
Another problem that I had with the book is that although the main characters were college students, I felt that their attitudes, behaviors, and even their school setting seemed more like that of high school. I felt like I was reading about high school students pretending to be adults. Maybe that was the point, as each of the characters had to grow up quite a bit throughout the course of the book, but it just didn't feel realistic.
Because of the love triangle in the book, there were a lot of conflicts between the characters, which is to be expected. I would have liked to have seen these conflicts unfold in more detail, however. In several instances, a conversation would consist of just a few sentences, and then it would be resolved, which just seemed too simplistic. I think several scenes needed to be developed in more detail in order to be believable.
Finally, there were some typos in the book. They didn't affect my enjoyment of the book, but I thought I would point them out. Overall, I think this author has potential but would benefit from the help of a strong editor to help bring the "diamond out of the rough," so to speak.
On a superficial level, the storyline was engaging and kept my interest throughout the entire book. I looked forward to picking it up to see what would happen next. However, on a deeper level, the book had several flaws which kept me from giving it a higher rating.
The story centers around three characters. I enjoyed the author's technique of writing each chapter from a different character's point of view. However, it was sometimes difficult to ascertain which character was speaking until I was several paragraphs into the chapter. Perhaps simply using the appropriate character's name as the title of each chapter would have been better than giving each chapter a unique title.
The novel deals with important issues such as race and prejudice. I almost felt as though these issues were exaggerated in order to make the book more dramatic. I often found myself wondering which decade or state they story was set in, and without that information, I couldn't discern if the drama was realistic or contrived. My own observations of racism and prejudice today aren't as extreme or "black and white" as what this book portrays, so the book lost some credibility with me because of this. Another thing that was overused to create drama, in my opinion, was violence. I felt that too many of the characters were too quick to slap someone or throw something in response to something that happened, and that didn't feel realistic to me, either. Some violence was appropriate, but some of it just seemed gratuitous.
Another problem that I had with the book is that although the main characters were college students, I felt that their attitudes, behaviors, and even their school setting seemed more like that of high school. I felt like I was reading about high school students pretending to be adults. Maybe that was the point, as each of the characters had to grow up quite a bit throughout the course of the book, but it just didn't feel realistic.
Because of the love triangle in the book, there were a lot of conflicts between the characters, which is to be expected. I would have liked to have seen these conflicts unfold in more detail, however. In several instances, a conversation would consist of just a few sentences, and then it would be resolved, which just seemed too simplistic. I think several scenes needed to be developed in more detail in order to be believable.
Finally, there were some typos in the book. They didn't affect my enjoyment of the book, but I thought I would point them out. Overall, I think this author has potential but would benefit from the help of a strong editor to help bring the "diamond out of the rough," so to speak.
September 22, 2013
I enjoyed reading this book. There were a lot of words of wisdom hidden within the story. To me, it was a story about finding yourself and living by your own rules. The characters in this book had to deal with and overcome some very tough issues on their way to becoming adults and learning to be happy in their own skin.
August 26, 2013
I got lost on several occasions in the book. I never understood who was talking and had to re-read the section again. I will add mor later after everyone else has read the book.
September 19, 2013
Not my favorite, not fond of the writing style, sometimes confusing.
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