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Review Date: 5/26/2009
Helpful Score: 3
As someone who is born and raised inner-city, reading a fictional story about gentrification was hard for me at times. Some parts hit close to home, others I kind of rolled my eyes at the outrageousness of certain scenarios. Nonetheless, I have always enjoyed Nathan McCall as a story-teller. I wouldn't reference this story as a way of saying that this is typically how neighborhoods become integrated, but it was a good story of what happened to these particular people.
Review Date: 5/26/2009
Helpful Score: 3
I requested this book from PBS just to see what all the hype was about and honestly I wasn't pleased. I can see why the book is a hit, though. It's a quick and easy read with a love story that's easy to fall in love with. My main gripe with this book is that the creatures described in this book are not what the legend of vampires has always been, which I have a huge problem with. As a lifelong fan of vampire stories, there are just some aspects of the monster that I don't appreciate being changed. (Like what Stephenie Meyers thinks happens to them when they're exposed to the sun.) I feel like if she was going to take so many liberties with the nuances of vampires, she could have given them a new name entirely.
The book was also overly repetitive for my taste. If I had to hear how beautiful Edward and his family one more time, I was going to scream. But considering I'm 10 years older than the target audience, I cut the author some slack. In the end, I was happy with having read a nice story, but I happily passed the book along to someone who would find more joy in it.
The book was also overly repetitive for my taste. If I had to hear how beautiful Edward and his family one more time, I was going to scream. But considering I'm 10 years older than the target audience, I cut the author some slack. In the end, I was happy with having read a nice story, but I happily passed the book along to someone who would find more joy in it.
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