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Elijah
15 year-old Elijah Lovelace and two members of his ‘Crew’ are involved in a fatal stabbing of another teenage boy. Stabbing is not unusual for the boys but their direct involvement in murder is a new experience which shakes the foundation of their friendship. Without CCTV footage, the police have no evidence to charge either of the boys whom they suspect are responsible for the killing. When questioned by police, Saul Harrison (“Foots”), Elijah’s best friend hints that Elijah is the murderer. Unprepared to break ‘Crew Code’ by snitching on one another, Elijah must find some other way from being charged for the crime.
His mother convinces him to go to Guyana. There he faces real and imaginary predators, particularly the recurring images of a tiger, before he returns to London and the fight to save his life.
His mother convinces him to go to Guyana. There he faces real and imaginary predators, particularly the recurring images of a tiger, before he returns to London and the fight to save his life.
355 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2014
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February 16, 2015
3.5 stars
"Her mind, like Ted's, the police and his teachers, was made up about him. To them Eli Lovelace had a bit part, like TV of film extras in the grander story of life. When he played that part they tried to assign greater tasks to the role, make believing it was possible for him to upstage his life's expectations."
The quote above does a great job, in my opinion, of revealing the sentiment that many live with today. Elijah's story is not an uncommon one, yet it's one I seem to only recall seeing on the 10 o'clock news as opposed to a shelf of my local library.
The patois in this book may just be the best I've ever read, and although the London slang irked me in the beginning, I stopped noticing it as much and it didn't detract away from the story. I'm not sure, but it could be down to the fact I'm not usually confronted with the slang me and my peers use written down on paper, I would probably not have noticed if it was some Wu-Tang slang out of Long Island but that's America's influence for you!
Not sure how I felt about the sex scenes, they were a little too explicit for me, but again, they didn't throw me off of the story.
This one is definitely worth picking up!
"Her mind, like Ted's, the police and his teachers, was made up about him. To them Eli Lovelace had a bit part, like TV of film extras in the grander story of life. When he played that part they tried to assign greater tasks to the role, make believing it was possible for him to upstage his life's expectations."
The quote above does a great job, in my opinion, of revealing the sentiment that many live with today. Elijah's story is not an uncommon one, yet it's one I seem to only recall seeing on the 10 o'clock news as opposed to a shelf of my local library.
The patois in this book may just be the best I've ever read, and although the London slang irked me in the beginning, I stopped noticing it as much and it didn't detract away from the story. I'm not sure, but it could be down to the fact I'm not usually confronted with the slang me and my peers use written down on paper, I would probably not have noticed if it was some Wu-Tang slang out of Long Island but that's America's influence for you!
Not sure how I felt about the sex scenes, they were a little too explicit for me, but again, they didn't throw me off of the story.
This one is definitely worth picking up!
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