Helpful Score: 2
I really loved this book, I just couldn't let go of it. As a mother with four kids, I actually finished reading it in two nights.
I really wanted to like this more than I did. The characters of Zora and Franklin are compelling, and the development of their relationship is charming. The narration is shared in alternate chapters by the two, so the reader does get the chance to look at the same events from each character's perspective.
But Franklin is so needy, so selfish, and so inflexible, that it's easy to see this romance is headed for choppy waters. And while that's a legitimate plot point for exploring the growth of a relationship, it just makes it really hard to care whether these two can ever get back together after what seems to be an irreconcilable break -- rather, it makes it hard to see why Zora would even consider it.
But Franklin is so needy, so selfish, and so inflexible, that it's easy to see this romance is headed for choppy waters. And while that's a legitimate plot point for exploring the growth of a relationship, it just makes it really hard to care whether these two can ever get back together after what seems to be an irreconcilable break -- rather, it makes it hard to see why Zora would even consider it.
I didn't care for this book. I've read her other books and really enjoyed them but this was seemed to drag on...
I was a little disappointed in this book, not that it was poorly written, but the story behind it. What's up with the sistah? I won't give any more away, but it is still a good read.
Terry McMillan is a master of dialog ~ she writes in a way that you can hear the charachters talking to each other and it's totally engrossing. Zora and Franklin are a delicious foray into a raw and gritty love story.
This is Terry McMillan's best novel.
bought it at the public library fun rasier have not read
*****
Another book from the incomparable Terry McMillan. Just a touch raunchy, very upbeat....you will love it!
Another book from the incomparable Terry McMillan. Just a touch raunchy, very upbeat....you will love it!
Quick, easy read. Good vacation book.
It was different. It makes you wonder about your past, present and future. How you absorb a persons respect, feelings, sincerity and love.
"Funny & gritty"
Very good book. Hard to put down.
DID GIVE ME A LOT OF INSIGHT INTO THE BLACK FAMILY. VERY WELL WRITTEN.
From cover:
Terry McMillan is hotter than ever:
"If Ntozake Shange, Jane Austen, and Danielle Steel collaborated on a novel of manners, [Disappearing Acts] might be the result." (New Yorker)
"Contains someting increasingly rare in books or films today: a full-blown, sophisticated love affair between two African-American adults." (Denver Post)
"A funny, earthy novel..ribaldly realistic. [Speaks] across class and color lines." (New York Newsday)
"A stunning achievement." (Cosmopolitan)
"A down-to-earth portrayal of love, yearning, and self-preservation...brimming with energy and the hard facts of life." (Kansas City Star)
"Gripping and moving...intensely realistic." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Terry McMillan is hotter than ever:
"If Ntozake Shange, Jane Austen, and Danielle Steel collaborated on a novel of manners, [Disappearing Acts] might be the result." (New Yorker)
"Contains someting increasingly rare in books or films today: a full-blown, sophisticated love affair between two African-American adults." (Denver Post)
"A funny, earthy novel..ribaldly realistic. [Speaks] across class and color lines." (New York Newsday)
"A stunning achievement." (Cosmopolitan)
"A down-to-earth portrayal of love, yearning, and self-preservation...brimming with energy and the hard facts of life." (Kansas City Star)
"Gripping and moving...intensely realistic." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
