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They Called Me Wyatt
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When Jordanian student Siwar Salaiha is murdered on her birthday in College Park, Maryland, her consciousness survives, finding refuge in the body of a Seattle baby boy. Stuck in this speech delayed three-year old body, Siwar tries but fails to communicate with Wyatt's parents, instead she focuses on solving the mystery behind her murder. Eventually, her consciousness goes
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I didn't actually read the book. I just came here to let any potential buyers know that Natasha Tynes, the author, attempted to have a black woman fired from her job working for the DC metro just because she was eating her breakfast when Natasha is not allowed to. There are plenty of minority authors to support out their don't give it to someone as vindictive as Natasha who goes out of their way to have working class people fired simply for trying to squeeze in a meal on their way to work. She h
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Weird, I tried to finish this book in peace but then the author randomly came up to me and told me I wasn't allowed to read on the train. And then she reported me to my employer, possibly getting me fired.
OH WAIT! That's what she did to a Metro Rail worker who was trying to peacefully eat her meal while commute, took a photo of her to blast her on twitter and complain. Eat glass Natasha you waste of space.
OH WAIT! That's what she did to a Metro Rail worker who was trying to peacefully eat her meal while commute, took a photo of her to blast her on twitter and complain. Eat glass Natasha you waste of space.
worry about yourself snitch
Unfortunately, I am removing all my stars for this novel. I support people and give the benefit of the doubt. But in this case, I will not stand behind someone who purposefully tears others down. And the actions of this author against a civil employee completely fall against my own personal ethics. It's truly a shame. Being kind takes zero effort, but going out of your way to undermine and jeopardize someone's livelihood is a low blow.
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Synopsis: Siwar, a Jordanian woman, is murdered on h ...more
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Synopsis: Siwar, a Jordanian woman, is murdered on h ...more
Worry about yourself. 🐀
Trash book by a trash author.
The author publicly tried to get a Black Woman fired because she was eating, research the author before you read the book.
I don’t know what’s funnier. The 1-star reviews that popped up today because the author revealed herself to be trash or the 1-star reviews that were here before today.
I've never been so excited to leave a review for a book I could care less about and will NEVER read. Shame on Natasha Tynes, her faux-liberalism and her anti-Blackness. Any WOC who willingly jumps up to tattle like a F*CKING CHILD on a Black working-class woman who's eating - LITERALLY just trying to live, is no ally of mine and I damn sure don't want to read or hear anything else she has to say unless it's, "I'm sorry". Natasha, you owe that womxn a very public apology and compensation for any
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Natasha Tynes, the author, is a racist who targets and publicly shamed innocent workers in their commute to work for SIMPLY EATING at 9am.
She took a picture of an individual and posted it on twitter while tagging the persons employer. Stay far away from her work. What she did is disgusting.
So much for solidarity. So many Black people and Black Americans will stand behind her for the fight for Palestine’s liberation, but she will be quick to turn on other minorities ans ruin their lives!
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She took a picture of an individual and posted it on twitter while tagging the persons employer. Stay far away from her work. What she did is disgusting.
So much for solidarity. So many Black people and Black Americans will stand behind her for the fight for Palestine’s liberation, but she will be quick to turn on other minorities ans ruin their lives!
Disgusti ...more
As an avid fan of eating on the train, I could not get passed the values of the author.
A remarkably bland book from a remarkably worthless author, who surprisingly has even less substance in her writing than her constant proclamations of 'minority status' to peddle said vacuous tripe.
I hope she worries about herself and improves.
I hope she worries about herself and improves.
Natasha Tynes is absolutely disgusting. How are you trying to profit from being a minority while simultaneously displaying misogynistic and classist habits against black women. 10/10 would not recommend reading this piece of fiction. Your time would be better spent ACTUALLY doing your part to uplift and stand united with POC.
I want you to think before you act next time. The women you snitched on for eating on the Metro Rail is in the possibility of losing her job because you just couldn’t help yourself. What exactly did you gain from that? Did Metro rail gave you a good transporter star? Did they give you a riders coupon? What exactly do you get from possibly getting a women fired just because she was having a quick meal. You ever thought that she could be diabetic and needed that? That could be someone’s mother dau
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Not impressed with the read & even more disgusted with the authors personal actions....
Photographing someone without their consent, as well as endangering their job just because they were eating. You don’t know the struggles of the minority class in the DMV area. You just wanted to make a mess of things and used that poor woman as a pawn to do just that. It’s already a hard enough to find employment in the area. Especially employment with benefits & you potentially stripped her of all of ...more
Photographing someone without their consent, as well as endangering their job just because they were eating. You don’t know the struggles of the minority class in the DMV area. You just wanted to make a mess of things and used that poor woman as a pawn to do just that. It’s already a hard enough to find employment in the area. Especially employment with benefits & you potentially stripped her of all of ...more
1.5 stars
Thanks to the author for sending me this book in return for an honest review.
Jordanian student Siwar, studying in America, dies on her 25th birthday. Yet, het consciousness survives and gets transported into the body of a boy named Wyatt, who is born on the same day. She is determined to figure out who killed her on that April 1st in 2001.
This premise of this book sounded pretty interesting to me. But, I kinda knew this book was not gonna be my thing from the very first page. My main pr ...more
Thanks to the author for sending me this book in return for an honest review.
Jordanian student Siwar, studying in America, dies on her 25th birthday. Yet, het consciousness survives and gets transported into the body of a boy named Wyatt, who is born on the same day. She is determined to figure out who killed her on that April 1st in 2001.
This premise of this book sounded pretty interesting to me. But, I kinda knew this book was not gonna be my thing from the very first page. My main pr ...more
This author is harmful towards Black women. She is trash, so her book is trash.
Absolutely terrible book. Terrible writing, just lazy. Hopefully she can get better inspiration from her next novel on the metro, if she takes the time to mind her business and not heckle folks for eating.
Feb 05, 2019
Danielle
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did not like it
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review of another edition
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2019
This was the most bizarre book I have ever read. I had trouble fitting it into a genre, but I think paranormal murder mystery could work. I'm not sure if any other books like this exist, so I was very intrigued by the synopsis. The book started off strong, but I quickly lost interest.
I read an advance copy, which could explain the alarming rarity of commas throughout the book, but either way, this book needs another look by a heavy-handed editor before publication. There was too much unnecessary ...more
I read an advance copy, which could explain the alarming rarity of commas throughout the book, but either way, this book needs another look by a heavy-handed editor before publication. There was too much unnecessary ...more
There are more supportive authors to praise. Such a closed-minded author would of course write a book that falls flat. I look forward to never finishing.
I'd never read a book by a woman who CLAIMS to be a WOC and asks for people to care and support her as such, but then goes out of her way to inflict harm on another woman of color.
Trash author. Deserves no support.
Trash author. Deserves no support.
May 10, 2019
alex
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did not like it
Shelves:
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nooooo,
take-a-writing-class,
never-finished,
talk-about-awful,
bad-writing,
dnf,
i-hate-this-book,
phony
This is in response to idiots in my comments:
1) In DC you cannot be written up for eating on the train
2) Saying racist things in my comments isn't going to change my rating, wishing that I'll be attacked by a POC. Lmao, you guys are really sick in the head.
3) The train conductor she tried to get fired didn't lose her job...because guess what? She was actually not given ANY time to eat between switching shifts and had to eat on the train because that was her only possible time to. Don't you loo ...more
1) In DC you cannot be written up for eating on the train
2) Saying racist things in my comments isn't going to change my rating, wishing that I'll be attacked by a POC. Lmao, you guys are really sick in the head.
3) The train conductor she tried to get fired didn't lose her job...because guess what? She was actually not given ANY time to eat between switching shifts and had to eat on the train because that was her only possible time to. Don't you loo ...more
I didn't read this book nor will I ever. I just want to share that this author is harmful towards WOC, specifically Black women, and doesn't deserve your support. A simple search of her name on Twitter (@NatashaTynes) will reveal why.
FAVOURITE READ OF THE YEAR ALERT
So we always read or watch a movie about someone being hunted. And it's always from the POV of the hunted person. Not the HUNTER!.
The book goes from Siwar's POV to Wyatt's. So getting to read a dead person's POV, HOW AWESOME IS THAT?
As Siwar is an Arab female, she went thro it all, the beauty and the ugly of being one, and her struggl ...more
Finally, everything went black and my journey as Siwar ended. But let me tell you, what came after death was worse than falling.
So we always read or watch a movie about someone being hunted. And it's always from the POV of the hunted person. Not the HUNTER!.
The book goes from Siwar's POV to Wyatt's. So getting to read a dead person's POV, HOW AWESOME IS THAT?
As Siwar is an Arab female, she went thro it all, the beauty and the ugly of being one, and her struggl ...more
Thanks to Natasha Tynes for sending me an early ARC for an honest review.
Siwar, a Jordanian studying creative writing in America is pushed to her death on her 25th birthday. However, her consciousness lives on in the life of a young American boy named Wyatt, who is born on the day of her death. She is determined to figure out who killed her. The first portion of the book is told in the perspective of Siwar, while the later portion is told in alternative perspectives between Siwar and Wyatt.
At t ...more
Siwar, a Jordanian studying creative writing in America is pushed to her death on her 25th birthday. However, her consciousness lives on in the life of a young American boy named Wyatt, who is born on the day of her death. She is determined to figure out who killed her. The first portion of the book is told in the perspective of Siwar, while the later portion is told in alternative perspectives between Siwar and Wyatt.
At t ...more
Horrible person, took a picture of a private citizen on the train taking a moment to eat and tried to get her fired for it. Hope your book flops - SNITCH!!!!!
Written by a disgusting human being who would take time out of her day to put a black woman’s livelihood at risk for no reason. Wouldn’t read this book if it was being given out for free. Wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone who isn’t a privileged, racist, psychopath.
It costs $0 to mind your own business and not harass black women on the train, Natasha.
Oops.
Source: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/ea...
Not supporting this author.
Edit to add: When you decide it's a good idea to try to mess with another woman's livelihood because you were annoyed for a minute and then your distributors start pulling your book... that's what we call karma.
Oops.
Source: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/ea...
Not supporting this author.
Edit to add: When you decide it's a good idea to try to mess with another woman's livelihood because you were annoyed for a minute and then your distributors start pulling your book... that's what we call karma.
This author attempted to make someone lose their job for eating food in her presence. Wow.
I only wish the author would incorporate more understanding into her writing, possibly her livelihood. Her desire to blabbermouth shines through. I only hope she takes a moment to be more considerate to the livelihood of other Americans before her next piece of work.
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Natasha Tynes is the author of upcoming speculative novel "They Called Me Wyatt" to be published in April, 2019 by California Coldblood, an imprint of Rare Birds. Tynes is a Jordanian-American writer based in the Washington, DC. An expert on the Middle East, she has appeared on a number of national and international TV programs, including Larry King Live, PBS's Foreign Exchange with Daljit Dhaliwa
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