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A More Deserving Blackness (2000)

by Angela Wolbert(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1494490579 (ISBN13: 9781494490577)

languge

English

genre

Romance

review 1: This book was no longer on amazon when I went to write a review, so I'm not sure what was up. I wanted to look at it again because it turned out to be erotica when for some reason I thought it was supposed to be a sweet YA book. That may well be why it was removed, I don't know. The first 40% of the book was good, although the main character started spending an awful lot of time obsessing over her friend's shoulders and chest muscles, but then it turned out that it was all building up to one sex scene after another. There were breaks between, but it became clear that the 'story' was just a set up for the scenes. And they came on at really weird and unlikely times, like, every single time the girl had a panic attack. It made no sense. Although I don't want to minimize what ... morehappened to her, her issues were way out of the normal range for her trauma. We're talking holocaust worthy reactions, here. Not normal at all. She's totally fearful of EVERYTHING, friends, family, and loud noises included. But she's not nervous about sex at all! I also have issues with the whole 'I'm broken and I need you to complete me' weak female trope, and this story is textbook. It might actually be listed in a manual somewhere.I should have just stopped reading, but the writing style was good and enjoyable, and I was half way into what turned out to be a long book when I began to think it wasn't turning around. So I skimmed the last 40 or 50%, hoping the ending would redeem it.*spoiler ahead*But it didn't. The main character still pities herself, but she's too weak to pity herself alone, so she gets back with the guy. There were endearing moments, a lot of them in the first half, but they turned out to be something like a bait and switch.Language: Plenty of profanity.Sexual Content: Oh, yeah. The book revolves around it.Violence: Yes. People get beat up and shot and things like that.Over-All Message/Plot: It's O.K. to hide inside yourself and live for your own pity for years on end. A hot guy will come into your life and love you anyway, even though you never change, because you're beautiful and fragile, and he likes feeling protective of you. He'll be your soul mate, and you can live miserably ever after together as a broken, non-functional but beautiful, sex-craving couple.The writer has talent for sure, but I just didn't like her story. I'm sure plenty of people will read this review and think, 'What's her problem? It sounds like a great book to me!' And you may well think so. The things that made me hate it are same things that make other people love it. To each their own, as they say.
review 2: Excellent darker YA read, very satisfying. I have mixed feelings about the absence of an epilogue which several readers commented on - on one hand I like that I get to use my imagination for Logan and Bree and that just like the issues they struggle with everything doesn't get to be tied up neatly with a bow in life. On the other hand I wanted desperately for the rapist to be caught. I however ***LOVED*** the last page. I thought the author did a very good job of connecting her thoughts and making her plot flow. She also captured Bree's pain in a visceral way that made me anxious and on edge. I felt with the characters.Would highly recommend this book.Edited to add: Also love the cover and title which are what prompted me to click the book's page on Amazon. If you enjoyed this story you might also like The Only Alien on the Planet which is an excellent read as well. I am intrigued by portrayals of after effects of trauma on the psyche with manifestations such as mutism. The power of the mind is an amazing thing. less

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