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Life After Death

(The Coldest Winter Ever #2)

Sister Souljah

2.55 · Rating details · 889 ratings · 362 reviews

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The long-anticipated sequel to Sister Souljah’s million copy New York Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever.

Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow. She’s eager to pay back ...more

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Jan 07, 2021 Read In Colour rated it did not like it

Shelves: i-give-up

Let me just start with sis, what in the entire hell was this? Also, I'm about to drop spoilers so if you don't want to know why I gave this such a low rating, go ahead and click out, scroll past, do what you have to do.

When I read The Coldest Winter Ever back in 99, it was unlike anything I'd ever read, and I've always read a lot. Up until then, there wasn't a wide variety of street/urban lit. Donald Goines was one of the originators of the genre, but his books were most popular in the early 70s Let me just start with sis, what in the entire hell was this? Also, I'm about to drop spoilers so if you don't want to know why I gave this such a low rating, go ahead and click out, scroll past, do what you have to do.

When I read The Coldest Winter Ever back in 99, it was unlike anything I'd ever read, and I've always read a lot. Up until then, there wasn't a wide variety of street/urban lit. Donald Goines was one of the originators of the genre, but his books were most popular in the early 70s and were mostly out of print by then, as were Iceberg Slim's books. So Sister Souljah, she who inspired some and was a controversial figure for others in the 90s (revisit the role she played in Bill Clinton's 92 presidential campaign https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...), was a fresh, new voice in the realm of urban lit.

I was 28 when I read CWE and it wasn't the amazing read others said it was, in my humble opinion, but like I said, it was a different voice. I read Midnight, based on a character from CWE, years later and was also unimpressed. So why would I read Life After Death given how underwhelmed I was by her previous work? Growth. I thought that surely 22 years later, the author would recognize that even readers who were teens when CWE first came out were grown now. Like grown, grown. Unfortunately, it appears neither the author, her characters nor her writing have grown.

Winter Santiaga is still the unlikeable, delusional chick she was in CWE. For the life of me, I can't figure out how your only claim to fame is that your father was once a big time drug dealer in the 90s and you think that should earn you respect well into your 30s? The book opens with her in jail, serving a 15 year bid because, as you'll remember from the end of CWE, she got sentenced for being in Bullet's car which was full of drugs and guns and had been rented with her credit card. She's just about to get released and has secured a reality TV show gig that will center on her release from jail, along with a few of her recently released jail crew. Girl, what? In what world would anyone care about watching that based on her? She was someone with no claim to fame other than who her father was and people are supposed to be interested 15 years later when she gets out of jail? I guess this was supposed to be like Mob Wives, right? Dealer Daughters?

Anyway, Winter makes these ridiculous requests for her reality show, including her father's release from prison where he's serving a life sentence, designer clothes with a matching white mink (I guess she's the Lisa Raye of the prison set), a red carpet from the door of the prison to a new Bentley, etc. Completely ridiculous foolishness. As she exits the jail, she's shot and this is where things go left (just in case you didn't think they'd already gone left). She "wakes" up in what seems like purgatory. First she visits her jail crew and finds out one of them shot her - same chick who held a grudge for 15 years and slashed her face in CWE. Then she visits an over the top palatial estate where she sees Midnight with one of his wives (don't ask) and instead of pondering her death, she's trying to figure out how she can have sex with him. Like, sis, don't you have more important things to worry about?

Then it really gets gets, and by good I mean even more ridiculous, she becomes the son of Satan's sidechick. Y'all. Y'ALL! She's joyriding through hell and is completely unfazed. Like on some, "he's got a nice ride and sexes me up well, what more could a girl ask for?" At some point her turns her into a snake and then a dog and then I quit, because life is short and who has time for bullshit?

I don't know how this got greenlit. What editor read this and was like this is it?!?! Did they think this would get by based on her name alone? Yes, I'm betting they did. This was some hot garbage full of a materialistic character who has learned absolutely nothing in her 33 years on earth and then takes her astounding ignorance on a roadshow through hell. I quit about 35% in because I couldn't imagine it getting any better and didn't want to see how much worse it could get. I know the bookstagram kids were really excited about this one, but nah, fam. Save your coins and your time. ...more

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Dec 27, 2020 Ebony Rose rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2021-releases

Yikes.

Firstly, thank you to Netgalley, Simon & Schuster Canada and Sister Souljah for approving my request for an advanced readers copy of the long-awaited sequel to Coldest Winter Ever in exchange for an honest review. Like many millennial black women, Coldest Winter was a formative reading experience for me as a teen, so I was extremely excited to receive an ARC of the sequel.

Where do I begin with reviewing this? I find it challenging to write bad reviews, and I always try and find something Yikes.

Firstly, thank you to Netgalley, Simon & Schuster Canada and Sister Souljah for approving my request for an advanced readers copy of the long-awaited sequel to Coldest Winter Ever in exchange for an honest review. Like many millennial black women, Coldest Winter was a formative reading experience for me as a teen, so I was extremely excited to receive an ARC of the sequel.

Where do I begin with reviewing this? I find it challenging to write bad reviews, and I always try and find something positive to say about a book (if I can), and I try to keep my negative reviews constructive. But honestly, I do not think I can be constructive about this book because there was not one single redeeming thing about my reading experience.

Honestly, this is just a really bad book in almost every measurable way you can assess a book. I am shocked it's being published frankly, and I have to think it’s ONLY being published because it’s a sequel to an intensely popular book, and not because of its actual merit as a novel itself. This story mostly takes place in the grey area between life and death (per the title) of the main character we all loved (and hated) in the first book of this series, Winter Santiaga. The writing is elementary and unsophisticated, the plot is nonsensical/implausible/poorly constructed, and it made Winter Santiaga more cruel and unlikeable that she was in the first book (which says a lot, because in my recollection she was fairly judgmental and unpleasant in Coldest Winter). And honestly, when I got to the end and realized the main message of the book, it was clear to me that this is just some respectability bullshit and messy misogynist propaganda. This book was NOT worth the time I spent on it (and tbh, I skimmed the last half because it was so unbearable and frustrating to read).

[General description of some problematic plot points ahead, these are not super specific spoilers though.] To illustrate my point about the absurdity of the plot, this book included the following: bizarre and underdeveloped notions about Islam/religion in general, some strange cult-y bullshit, sprinklings of body shaming/fatphobia, anti-choice propaganda (i.e. descriptions of abortion as murder), shaming of drug usage/drug addiction, some incredibly culturally insensitive descriptions of various characters of different ethnicities, homophobia, casual and internalized misogyny, a weird obsession with "silky" hair (helllllo internalized anti-blackness/colourism/texturism), AND LITERAL BESTIALITY (seriously, what the fuck, Souljah?!) And that's really just the tip of this disastrous iceberg. Because problematic content aside (Coldest Winter was not without its flaws as we all know), this book was just very poorly done. It did not accomplish what it set out to do, and it didn’t advance Winter’s overall story in the slightest. It was a wholly unnecessary sequel, and quite a jarring and uncomfortable reading experience overall.

Honestly, I wish I could erase this book from my memory entirely. I wish I had never picked it up. And to keep it 100, my giving this book 1 star is quite generous. It doesn’t deserve any stars at all as far as I’m concerned. And though there is no doubt that she changed the reading game and will forever remain an icon of urban literature, this will absolutely be the last Sister Souljah book I ever pick up. Teenage Ebony is BUMMED, and I cannot in good conscience recommend that anyone spend their hard earned money on this book or support it in any way. ...more

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Jan 12, 2021 Tori rated it did not like it

Shelves: arcs, bipoc, own-voices, kindle-e-books

should've stayed dead tbh

honestly no one asked for this; it was awful.

This picks up 15 years after the first book. Winter is just finishing her prison sentence and is offered a reality show (why anyone would care about her, I have no idea. She wasn't a celebrity, her dad was just a drug lord in the 90s, but anyway). She says she'll do the show but only if her conditions are met (her father being released from prison [he's in jail for life for murder so wtf], a mink coat, a red carpet and Bentley ...more

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Dec 30, 2020 Andre rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Oooh. I don’t know about this. She literally means life after death or what does death after life look like, and .......... I really try to avoid writing negative reviews. I mean really what is the point in that. To hoot and holler about how bad something is, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. So this is a caution review. Souljah literally, yes literally wrote a book about life after death, wow.

The first clue you have that something is amiss, is the publisher blurb. It says so little about the ...more

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Feb 08, 2021 Kourtney rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020

Took me a minute to figure out what to say. I don’t like trashing anyone’s work. It’s hard writing a book! But listen, this might be the worst book I’ve ever read. I...don’t know if there’s time to cancel this publication, but if they can, they definitely should. Scrap the whole premise and start anew. I need to erase this from my memory and hold on to The Coldest Winter Ever, those sweet memories of passing a beat up copy of that book around my high school—let that be my last memory of Winter S ...more

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Jan 02, 2021 Penelope (The Reading Devil) rated it did not like it

Shelves: one-star

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I was really excited to read this because I loved The Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight and really thought that Sister Souljah could do no wrong! So believe me when I say I am so sad that I have to give this one a less than stellar review. But it just didn't do it for me.

The book is based on Winter's life after she has died (so think heaven, hell, devils, God, etc.). That alone was a bit of a shock to me given the Ok, review is up on my blog: http://thereadingdevil.blogspot.com/2...

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I was really excited to read this because I loved The Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight and really thought that Sister Souljah could do no wrong! So believe me when I say I am so sad that I have to give this one a less than stellar review. But it just didn't do it for me.

The book is based on Winter's life after she has died (so think heaven, hell, devils, God, etc.). That alone was a bit of a shock to me given the style and content of Sister Souljah's past books. Unfortunately, the storyline ended up being completely disorganized and all over the place. I didn't even know what was happening half of the time. The writing was subpar, not at all the unique style that I have come to know and love from Souljah's books.

The characters that popped up were weird and not very well written. I didn't understand the purpose of quite a few of them (Bridgette for example... could not tell you who she was or what she was doing in this book aside from shouting random nonsense over and over again). The entire last half of the book seemed to be some sort of push/propaganda for the Islamic religion? Not that there is anything wrong with religion, but it was a very odd way of writing about it in what is supposed to be a fictional book.

And don't even get me started on all of the problematic messages littered throughout. I get that Souljah's books are known for being crass and pushing boundaries, but this was just... over the top and not in a good way. I mean, she repeatedly described abortion as murder, condemned any religion that did not worship Allah (those who believed in God/Jesus/Mary, etc. were stuck in the in-between place, couldn't go to Heaven), and that's only 2 of the many issues going on in this book. I'm really not sure how this ended up getting published, honestly.

I guess I can give it props for a little bit of a twist at the end? But even that is not enough to redeem this book. Overall, I don't think I can recommend this book, and I truly feel that good reviews will be few and far between. You are of course more than welcome to read it yourself and form your own opinions, but if I am being completely honest... I don't think you need to. ...more

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Feb 10, 2021 Stacey rated it did not like it

Shelves: giveaways

I think it's funny that all of the "5 star" reviews have nothing to say about the book ... probably because there's nothing good to say (and they probably are simply leaving the stellar review because they know the author, it's the only reason why I could think they'd leave a 5-star review, especially without gushing about the book).

I'm not even sure what to say about this book that others haven't already explained in their reviews here on Goodreads. Honestly, read any of the other 1-star revie ...more

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Jan 09, 2021 Chanele McFarlane rated it did not like it

Thank you to Netgalley for approving my ARC request in exchange for an honest review.

I've been looking forward to this sequel for years. I consider The Coldest Winter Ever to be a classic and I've re-read it several times since I initially read it in high school. That said, I went into Life After Death with extremely high expectations but ultimately, I am very disappointed. I gave it 1 star but even that feels like a stretch.

I couldn't even finish it. To be honest, it felt like Life After Death ...more

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Mar 08, 2021 MYMY rated it it was ok

2.5 at best!

I’ve thought long and hard about this and I just can’t give this book more than a 2.5. If you are looking for that feeling you felt while reading The Coldest Winter Ever and even the Midnight series you are not going to get it. There was just no thrill for me. About 5 or so chapters in I figured out what the book was solely about. Let’s just say the title speaks for itself, literally. The last two chapters is what made me give it a bit more love on the rating.

The Santiaga family was ...more

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Jan 25, 2021 AsiahMae rated it it was ok

I was one of the girls who grew up reading The Coldest Winter ever way before I had business reading it. It changed the way I viewed my own life and I wanted nothing more than to be like Winter Santiaga. Waiting 20 years for this book, I thought I wouldn't be able to put it down, but Life After Death was a hard read. Not because it was hard to follow or particularly difficult in verbiage, but because Winter is still Winter, and I didn't realize I needed Winter to grow up. I needed Winter to be t ...more

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Jan 20, 2021 Leila Marchbanks rated it did not like it

I am beyond disappointed in this book. It's not at all what I expected. The Coldest Winter Ever took me on a wild ride and I loved every minute. From the beginning this book took a dark and silly turn and just fell off the deep end. I really hate the terrible publicity this book will receive when it comes out in March. Sister Souljah really let her fans down with this one. At times I said it wasn't even worth it to finish. I only pressed on to see how bad it could really get. ...more

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Jan 20, 2021 Carla rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2021-read

Nostalgia is not enough.

“Life After Death” is the highly anticipated sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah. As a Black teen growing up in the 90’s, ‘The Coldest Winter Ever” was a staple coming- of- age novel within our community (even though the majority of us had no business reading it back then, lol). Everybody knew about Winter Santiaga and the various obstacles she faced. So of course, twenty years later, people were excited to hear about this sequel.

It takes a lot for me ...more

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Mar 02, 2021 Anetra Chisholm rated it did not like it · review of another edition

PLEASE DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!

I can’t believe I waited all these years for this.. This book is horrible!!!! Sister Souljah is a one hit wonder. Everything she has written is trash except The Coldest Winter Ever. But writing a part 2 could have been so easy. Tell how Winter navigated life in jail, give an update on what her sisters and dad is doing and once she get out of jail let her get revenge on everybody she felt did her and her family wrong. Make her a dope girl getting money and ...more

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Jan 21, 2021 Jeannine Perez rated it it was ok

This book was not what I expected it to be. Not that I want a book to be predictable, we all love a shocking twist or POV we didn't expect etc.. But lets think back on how The Coldest Winter Ever ended.

Mama Santiaga's funeral. Winter and her father seeing each other for what we think may be the last time. Midnight adopting the twins. Porsche showing up looking great and living life. As a reader, I'm hoping this isn't the last time Winter gets to see her Dad. What kind of life are Midnight and t This book was not what I expected it to be. Not that I want a book to be predictable, we all love a shocking twist or POV we didn't expect etc.. But lets think back on how The Coldest Winter Ever ended.

Mama Santiaga's funeral. Winter and her father seeing each other for what we think may be the last time. Midnight adopting the twins. Porsche showing up looking great and living life. As a reader, I'm hoping this isn't the last time Winter gets to see her Dad. What kind of life are Midnight and the twins going to have? Wow, Winter realizes she is at her lowest, what happens next? What happens years from now? I read Midnight, but didn't read Porsche's story. Maybe I need to in order to get this, but I don't think so?

I'm looking to see what happens with these characters we've invested in 20 years later. The first book had so many important messages in it. I loved reading between the lines and seeing what Sister Souljah wanted the reader to understand. I could see her passion in that book. I loved how raw Winter's story was.

In this book, Winter is shot, and the whole story is of her comatose thoughts of what hell is like after living the life she's lived. For me, it was almost too "wow" for me to really even take in any possible messages that were trying to be told in the story. The demonic presence, the animalistic sex, the demeaning actions from what is clearly the devil as her man... why? Even the ending where she comes back to life didn't fit what I felt would have or should have been her end game. Winters interview and the responses she gave didn't seem like responses she would have had after seeing the mercy she's been given in life. Especially after Winter learns a lesson and realizes what's up, that response should have been way different.

Maybe one day I can re-read this and try to understand why this angle was used to tell Winter's story. Maybe I was way too hyped up to take in whatever story was about to be told. I don't think Sister Souljah is a bad writer at all. Maybe those of us who didn't care for this book are the ones who aren't seeing what is supposed to make this book really great. I just would have liked to see Winter actually living life and see how she has changed and grown as a person. If she didn't have a happy ending and did the same shit she did when she was younger, I still would have preferred to read that than to read the crazy hell limbo dream that was her story 20 years later.

I don't really give bad reviews. If I don't like a book, my review is short and sweet. I don't mean any disrespect to SJ as an author. This is a lengthy review because I genuinely love her books and I'm invested in Winter. I was really looking forward to this one. I think anyone who read Coldest Winter growing up was super hyped about this book. I wish I could ask Sister Souljah all the questions I have about why this was written the way it was.

This book just wasn't for me. And I don't think it was the best sequel to Winter's release either. ...more

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Mar 03, 2021 Naketa Mullins rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I actually didn’t finish. It wasn’t really my kind of book. I’m a big fan of her previous books but this one was a little demonic for me. I respect everyone’s religious beliefs but the things I read went against mine.

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Feb 15, 2021 Ruth rated it did not like it

15 years in prison and still the same raw, narcissistic Winter. I really and truly enjoyed The Coldest Winter but can’t even begin to say the same for Life After Death. It had so much potential to be a great book or not exist at all. Like what in the fresh hell did I just attempt to read. I was expecting so much more. I found it incredibly confusing and very hard to read. Perhaps I will continue in the distant future but for now it holds no interest for me.

-Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. All ...more

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Jan 06, 2021 Book Reviews By Tara rated it did not like it

Although The Coldest Winter Ever is one of my all time favorite fiction novels, it saddens me to say, Life After Death is my least favorite sequel.
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I was super excited about the release of this book. I even reread The Coldest Winter in anticipation of it’s release. Unfortunately, I didn’t need to read TCWE again, because Life After Death is a completely different story than TCWE.
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I found this book highly disappointing. As I read each chapter, I continuously contemplated putting the book down, an Although The Coldest Winter Ever is one of my all time favorite fiction novels, it saddens me to say, Life After Death is my least favorite sequel.
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I was super excited about the release of this book. I even reread The Coldest Winter in anticipation of it’s release. Unfortunately, I didn’t need to read TCWE again, because Life After Death is a completely different story than TCWE.
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I found this book highly disappointing. As I read each chapter, I continuously contemplated putting the book down, and adding it to my DNF (Did Not Finish) pile. The story was all over the place. As I read each chapter I hoped it would somehow take a turn for the better, and start to make sense. Sadly, that never happened.
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In my attempt to not give any spoilers, I’ve decided not to discuss the plot. However, I will say this...the majority of the characters in this book are new. The story is not set in New York. If you thought Winter was cold in the first book, then she is below freezing in this book.
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There are many controversial topics within the story. This is a book readers will either like, or strongly dislike. I don’t anticipate a middle. This narrative is much too contentious for a middle. I’m sure the reviews will be polarizing.
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I believe the concept of Life After Death is about the ideas of consequence, free will, faith, materialism, divine judgment, angels on assignment, and the unconscious mind. And while I normally find each of these concepts extremely thought provoking, I was minimally moved by the way in which they were delivered in this sequal. As a matter-of-fact, it came off a little sanctimonious.
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For all the above reasons I can only give this book 1⭐️. I really hope Sister Souljah provides an explanation as to why she chose to move in this direction with the story. Maybe hearing her logic, will help me to make sense of it all.
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.
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Mar 03, 2021 Kat rated it it was ok

Writing a book is not easy. Heck, I can't even write a complete sentence, so I can only imagine the tremendous about of pressure to write a sequel after twenty-something years. All writers have a platform and audience to truly send a message. Whelp, Sister Souljah took her shot.

The book starts with Winter’s release from prison. She ain't learned a damn thing and only got worse in her endeavors to be top b*tch making other b*tches bow down. Well... It's on the first page that we learn she has suf ...more

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Mar 11, 2021 Brookelyn Mosley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book was probably the strangest, most bizarre book I have ever read in my entire reading life... and it was amazing! I will admit that at first, I was like, “WTF is this?! Who asked for this? We did not need a sequel.” It started off on a note I wasn’t expecting at all. Fantasy is not my genre of choice. BUT I stuck with it and was rewarded, at least to me, for my patience. This book is ahead of it’s time, way WAY ahead of its time. It’s so well crafted and mapped out. Weird and extremely u ...more

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Feb 13, 2021 Kandace rated it it was ok

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Mar 07, 2021 Angela rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I feel like I just crawled, belly to the ground, thru sewage. This book contains the stuff that megalomaniacs are made of. I would expect these rantings in a 4am tweet. Am I alone in believing that one doesn't need to tear down another's religion to have faith and belief in their own? Sad...so sad. Religious fanaticism aside...this book wasn't the least bit entertaining. Sista Souljah had over 20 years and still no character development or depth. It can be argued that the first book was a cautio ...more

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Mar 04, 2021 Runeda rated it did not like it

1 star is too generous. I started it and tried my hardest to like it despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews but the plot is utterly ridiculous and Winter is even less likable in the sequel. I couldn’t finish it. I didn’t even make it halfway through. Don’t waste your time or your money. Such a huge let down and beyond disappointed!

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Mar 08, 2021 Nevada added it

Unforgettable

Chocked full of vibrant details.
This book is a book club's dream.
If you want to have a conversation with a myriad of topics that span a coming of age and the aftermath, THIS is it.
At the beginning of the book, it grabbed my attention immediately, explaining her release from imprisonment.
The details thereafter had me on a whirlwind trying to figure out what was actually happening. It does come together, but you can not anticipate how.

I read this as an audiobook.

About the work o ...more

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Jan 10, 2021 Jasmin Brooks rated it it was ok

This was not at all what I was expecting from the sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever. It was a bold choice of plot to continue Winter's story this way, but then, Sister Souljah is a bold woman. I really didn't like the story, to be honest, but I couldn't stop reading. At first, I was confused and read on to see where it was going. Then I was sucked into the story and had to know how it ended. The writing and the incredible imagination made this book worth reading...maybe?
For those looking for ano ...more

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Mar 02, 2021 Sky Blue rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I’m a huge fan of Coldest Winter Ever and have read it so many times I’ve lost count. I also liked the Deeper Love Inside Book, which in my opinion is the closest we have ever seen to a sequel. This book is terrible. It’s ridiculous. It’s a mess. This book is has a lot of sci-fi and religious rhetoric. This is no where in the realm of the Coldest Winter we know and love. I never do reviews, but this is so bad I had to take the time to write one to warn others. Souljah should be embarrassed. I do I’m a huge fan of Coldest Winter Ever and have read it so many times I’ve lost count. I also liked the Deeper Love Inside Book, which in my opinion is the closest we have ever seen to a sequel. This book is terrible. It’s ridiculous. It’s a mess. This book is has a lot of sci-fi and religious rhetoric. This is no where in the realm of the Coldest Winter we know and love. I never do reviews, but this is so bad I had to take the time to write one to warn others. Souljah should be embarrassed. I don’t know what this is, but it’s not what we waited 22 years for.

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Winter is released from prison because she negotiated a deal to star in a reality show. As a part of the deal she is able to get her father released who’s doing life for murder. As soon as she walks out of the prison she is murdered. This is all within the first 20 minutes. The entire rest of the book is her basically having a monologue with herself as a DEAD PERSON. There is no plot whatsoever. There is no growth in Winter at all. She still has the mindset of her teenage self. She is at first in purgatory and then goes to hell. She’s also still wondered about her looks, fashion and getting Midnight to be her man while she’s dead. In hell she becomes the side piece of the Devil’s son, so yeah she’s literally sleeping with a Demon (long tongue, tail and all). After they have sex, she turns into an animal several times including a python and a dog. There is bestiality. I had to forward past it, but he engages in sex with her while she’s a dog. Apparently also in hell are the souls of unborn fetuses that were aborted. Someone these fetuses have grown into adults and have formed a religious army with the intent to save their “mothers” in hell by rescuing them from the Devil. There’s basically a war in hell. Around this time is a whole lot of preaching about the Quran and Allah from some kind of therapist in Hell.

Somehow at the very end (and I mean like the last 2-chapters) her soul is sent back to Earth and comes “back to life.” I guess because she repented and accepted Allah. We find out she died, they revived her and she’s been in a coma.

It picks up with her doing the first episode of the reality show and goes on to say it was a big hit. Here is where I started to feel a Coldest Winter vibe finally. I loved that she reunited with her sister and dad.

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Mar 14, 2021 Soni S added it · review of another edition

Winter Santiaga returns in this sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever. She's completed her time served, is still stunning, bold and loves her father more than ever. She's eager to get a new start, with a fashion line and interior design business, and reclaim the empire that her father had built. But Simone, has other plans for Winter's future. Will she blow Winter’s head off? Or will at least one bullet blast Winter into another world? Either way Winter is fearless. Hell is the same as any hood and ...more

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Apr 06, 2021 Teaguem2005 rated it did not like it · review of another edition

What a total disappointment! Waited all these years for the sequel and Winter is still a mental teenager. Fifteen years in prison but her mind hasn't expanded one iota.

She mentioned Midnight several times throughout...why? He was never, ever her man. Is it because he was the "only" man who resisted her "charm"? She kept pretending that she loved him but he represented a challenge to her in reality. Still obsessed with her looks and material things. I'm annoyed with myself for finishing. Took he ...more

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Mar 15, 2021 Danielle Mcallister-andrews rated it liked it · review of another edition

if you get this book thinking it'll be like the first then you will definitely be disappointed like so many. reading it for myself i was super confused at first like wtf is this?????? lol i can't say i loved it. i dont even know if i liked it but i appreciate the journey. ...more

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Feb 27, 2021 Jackie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another intriguing story. Once you begin , there is no way, not to be hooked. The characters are absolutely fabulous and come through strong.

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Sister Souljah (born Lisa Williamson) was born in 1964 in New York City. She attended Cornell University's advanced placement summer program and Spain's University of Salamanca study-abroad program. She later majored in American history and African studies at Rutgers University. Her travels and lectures have taken her all over America, Europe, and Africa. In the mid-1980s, she founded, in cooperat ...more