S. Hayes

Phenomenal

Revisado: 01-22-25

Listening repeatedly! get this series to listen to iconic actors and actresses. Tell a great story.

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Better than movie

Revisado: 12-27-24

I watched the movie first. It led me to this wonderful series that is engaging for all ages.

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You have got to love Portia

Revisado: 07-06-19

**Spoilers*** Portia is the extreme of today's feminist movement. I mean, the spider eats her mate as part of a 'natural process'. The male spiders had to fight for rights in a way that has some eering echoes of most societies today. Ok, enough of my love for Portia. This book is a journey that takes you deep and the narrator did a wonderful job bringing each of the characters to life. It is not 'over done' but the author's imagination is one to be reckoned with. Get this book and enjoy the world (I mean universe) created by Tchaikovsky. I absolutely love Portia ( sorry...had to say it one more time). I wonder if I could measure legs with her??

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I wish I had...

Revisado: 03-18-19

I wish I had this when I was younger. My sister and I were the first to go to college in our family. That was in 1996. Before then, my parents always pushed the importance of education. We studied hard in a system that made it difficult to acknowledge the needs of a well-read Black girl. I knew about Alice Walker because of the movie, The Color Purple and Toni Morrison because of Oprah. But it wasn't until I took an African American Literature class in college did I really get to know these authors and many, many more. I remember going home ( Philly area) my freshman year and visiting my sister at a Black owned book store called Ligorious Books in Cheltenham Mall and browsing the Sci Fi/Fantasy section and staring at these books by Octavia Butler...I had read Kindred from my class but what were these other treasures? I took a chance and read one which became two which became....damn near all. I couldn't believe it! Why was she and the other greats not a part of required reading? I felt...cheated. So now, I dedicate as much time as my crazy life allows to reading and seeing myself in the stories of long lost friends, Aunties, Uncles and others in books by Black women ( and diverse cultures) writers. I enjoyed this title and hope to find my own inner writer...

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Phenomenal

Revisado: 01-17-19

This has been a long time coming. Grant it, I own the book but I think NK is my bff in my head and Casaundra really brings the characters to life. If you have doubts...my advice would be to purchase this and find out for yourself. The adventure continues...

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Read this book!

Revisado: 07-25-18

I don't even like sci go in outer space with the exception of one author, Octavia Butler. This is on par with her work! What a beautiful story. Buy it. Tell your friends. Love this book!

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OMG!

Revisado: 09-23-17

The talent Steve West shows is astounding! This novel captures an alternate and speculative reality that is so eerie and so close to the surface you have no choice but to finish. Be prepared to pull an all nighter. Excellent read!

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A good start

Revisado: 06-12-17

I finished this book with mixed feelings. I guess the passive aggressiveness around stealing bothered me. I think this author has potential and I will keep reading.

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A good book

Revisado: 05-31-17

This is a good read. It takes Memoir's of A Geisha and your classic underworld elements of witch craft and demons with a topping of multi-cultural studies. The result a book that will keep you engaged. But there are holes. I'll let you discover them. It's a good start.

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Narrator sounds odd

Revisado: 03-31-17

I liked this narrator in previous books in this series but she sounds terrible here. Like someone told a depressed person to pretend to be happy and up. It just comes off in deadpan voice. I like the tone of her previous books. I'll have to read it for myself now.

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