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Summary: I REALLY LOVE THIS BOOK!
Review: If I had the time, I would have read this book in one day. It's that good. The sex scenes alone kept my eyes glued to the pages of Please, Please, Please. This is the funnest and most engaging book I have read in a LONG time. Bravo for Renee Swindle!
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Summary: This book is muy caliente!
Review: Please, please, please will keep your eyes riding the pages like a child shooting down the waterslides on a hot desert day. At first I didn't agree w/what Babysister was up to and at the same time I couldn't put the book down 'cause I HAD TO find out what she'd do next. I enjoyed hanging out w/Babysister so much I tried to pace my reading, but the book is too good to go slow. Renee Swindle can write some damn good sex scenes too. AY! I'm looking forward to her next book!
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Summary: Babysister Stole My Man...Thank-ya! Thank-ya!
Review: Please Please Please is a great book about a "bad girl" who doesn't know her own strength. If you've read a negative review about this book, it was written by someone who 1. didn't get it, or 2. has been stung by the good ol' fashioned fun-killing morality bee. For cool young urbanites like myself and yourself, the book has all the necessary insights into "our" world. Every book written by a black author is not a history lesson, people! This one is far from it. I matched every character to someone in my own real life drama, so Please Please Please satisfied my own sordid hunger for sensuous literary misogyny. I've never read a character quite like this before, but Babysister's get up and go kinda reminded me of Stella's get up and go (if I HAD to compare). Females like Babysister have never had the chance to be the main character in books. They have, however been the ones getting all the male attention in your social circle, though! Babysister is not so much dysfunctional as she is spoiled. She saw her mother die when she was little, and so earned all her daddy's attention and all her brother's resentment. Babysister is like those people who step on toes, but have too much fun and energy to realize their dysfunction. She does what she wants to do, but gets all she deserves, good and bad. She never apologizes when she should, and that just adds to her believability. Trust me, I KNOW this person! The standout of the supporting characters is definetly Babysister's funny but all-about-business friend, Lisette. I mean, this girl right here, she practically pops off the pages, okay? This novel screams, "Hollywood feature! Another character I really dug was Sharice, the new age, culturally conscious single mom who tames Babysister's Bigbrother, Malcolm. Without big brother Malcolm, of course, there could never be a Babysister. But just like real life brother and sister, they never learn to appreciate one another. Say the title with that James Brown-esque desperate, pleading lilt and you'll understand the passion that drives this outstanding book. Babysister's sexiness, jealousy and lustful weaknesses speak for themselves. When you ask yourself, "Is she really gonna do this?" your heart rate and reading speed will increase simultaneously. Now, go. Buy. Read. Enjoy!
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: Renee Swindle has done an excellent job capturing the personae (Babysitter) of the Generation X group. A generation that largely devalues the morals and behaviors that would have prevented Babysister from moving in on her best friend's man. I, also, appreciated how the book did not vilify the "man". Babysitter is a vilian that we, eventually, could relate to and actually like for her humaness and sense of humor. But mostly, Babysitter was not a loser nor a victim. She was a winner who only needed to learn a few rules about how to remain a winner. I think this is a must read!
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Summary: Rarely do we find such power and perception in a first novel
Review: Renee Swindle has managed to create such an engrossing and powerful narrative with her first novel "Please Please Please", that the reader feels at once a familiarity and rapport usually reserved for more seasoned authors. In "Babysister", Swindle creates a character who flies in the face of recent PC African American portrayals. She is raw. She is bad. She is real. She is alive and vibrant. There is no redemption in this novel. There is no trite, sweet Hollywood ending. What there is though, is a brilliant first outing by a talented young novelist, who's future development and exploration will be a joy to watch.
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Summary: Makes You Want To Love Again
Review: I have seen this book on everyones fav book list. I must say I was very pleased with the selection. I have never read a book in which I absolutely "hated" the main character. Babysister betrayed her best friend, Deborah, by seeking out her man, Darren. And Miss Triflin' didn't do it once, she did it twice. She dissed Rob too many times to keep count. He was the man truly in love with her and all too willing to bow and beg. My favorite part of the book is when Deborah is pleading for Babysister's friendship (yes...it should have been the other way around). It demonstrated Deborah's love and devotion for a friend she had known since she was four years old. Although Babysister's fathers confrontation was only a page, it was something I had been anticipating throughout the novel. He finally put her in her place and let her know the world is not hers. It is a must read.
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Summary: Please, give me a break!
Review: In reading this book, it makes you wonder what extremes people will go to get a man! I'm sorry but what kind of name is "Babysitter" for one of the main characters in this story? Deborah certainly has alot more understanding of true friendship then Babysitter. Its amazing how after all the "dirt" she can continue to be her friend. It was an okay read. Not one that I would pass on.
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Summary: Good Read
Review: This book was an easy read. You liked and hated the main character at the same time. She was an interesting person and
made you want read more to see what happened.
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