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I enjoy reading so naturally i continued to read this book. But to be perfectly honest, the book just wasn't that good. I did enjoy the characters in the book, but i wasn't impressed with the back and forth setting the author had in mind. All in all this author has some geat books (Basketball Jones) I just didnt enjoy this one as much as his others...
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This was a very good book. The plot was well written and all of the characters were well developed. I would recommend this book to any of my friends. The story had highs and lows and even though one of the main characters is a gay/bi man he has situations with his loved ones that anyone can relate to. A couple of other characters from E. Lynn Harris past books come back in this book to show how they have evolved. Yancey B. has a successful singing career, and Ava is still trying to use Yancey to get a career in the U.S. Basil Henderson appears to have put his dogging ways behind for the love of a special woman in his life. The main female character in the book has been so deeply hurt my a man she truly loved that she now only uses men for sex or to advance her career. The main male character of the book has a secret in his past that he is so desperate to keep he will stop at nothing, even paying off his family to keep it from getting out. This book will not leave you disappointed.
THIS ONE WOULD MAKE A GREAT MOVIE!
Several years ago, I was visiting a cousin while taking leave/vacation back to the states from Europe. She happen to have an E. Lynn Harris book called "If This World Were Mine" on the table in the guest room I was staying in. I read it, thought it was a very good book and wanted to know more about this particular author. Mr. Harris has been writing for over the past 15 years, and for the life of me, I don't understand why has one of his books have not been made into a film?
In this particular story, he didn't put alot of emphasis on gay sex, DL brothers or sex in general like his previous books, but express the emotion of what the characters were going through, as far as the current events that were happening in America at the time, like the September 11 attacks.
That's why I feel this installment by Mr. Harris, would make a great motion picture. It has plenty of drama going on, funny dialog between the characters, intense confrontations, dark secrets and a shocking ending.
I know that homosexuality is a big taboo subject within the black community. I have a gay uncle and a lesbian cousin, who has educated me on hand about the subject, who they our as gay people in general.
I love them both equally and I strongly feel it is time for us as a culture to start educating ourselves (like starting with one of Mr. Harris novels), getting to know and accepting our gay brothers and sisters.
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