Foolish/Unfoolish

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Summary: From The Author of "BrainChild: Visions of a Blind Poet"
Review: A reviewer of my book referred to Ashanti's and so I was compelled to read it. In her introduction, Ashanti states that she released this book in response to fans who wrote to her and asked her for more insight into her life. The book is conversational in nature, much like listening to a young person speaking their mind to someone about episodes from their past. It takes a lot of courage to reveal yourself to all for public scrutiny. Ashanti states that she understands what she calls "fancy schmancy" poetry, but chose to be true to herself and write in her own style. I can certainly relate to that. Ashanti is not trying to write like Maya Angelou. She is writing like Ashanti. I liked the book for what it is. Others seem to dislike it for what it's not. I thought that it was interesting. I learned a little more about the young lady, and that was the goal of her book. As Ashanti matures, her words and works will mature with her. If you think that you can do better, write a book, and we'll review you.

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Summary: Very Mediocre
Review: I checked out this book because I was searching for the hidden talent to back up the tremendous hype Ashanti has been receiving. Perhaps I could find it in her "phenomenal" writing skills. Yet, just like her songs, her poems lack sophistication and depth. They are always about the same old topic: "ups and downs of love." She might as well put her song lyrics (from her debut album) in the book and called it poetry. The grammar and the structure of the stanzas seem to reflect "elementary school" level poetry. Despite my negative comments, I must give her credit though for having the courage to publish her poetry. All she needs is a bit more inspiration and maturity in order to become the true artist she was meant to be. She has wonderful potential, unfortunately, its being channeled in the wrong direction.

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Summary: This Book Is For DIE HARD Ashanti Fans Only!!
Review: I don't think Ashanti really put this out to show that she was some great poet, I think she was told by her handlers to put out one more thing for fans to buy. Strike while the iron is hot. This books is for die-hard fans only because they'll be the only ones to really get something out of this. I found the entries to be redundant and wishy washy. In one "reflection" Ashanti is trying to tell young ladies they don't need a man, love yourself, and play hard to get. Then in the next "reflection" she's saying that she wants to be with her boyfriend constantly, it's ok to have a little jealousy in your relationship, she's sneaking out of the house and from school for a guy. Which examples do you want young ladies to follow? It's one thing for Ashanti to write about her experiences but if she's trying to pass on lessons at least lead by example. It sounds like she was doing big girl things at an early age, some girls are mature enough for that but many are not. I give this book 2 stars instead of 1 solely based on the strength of her fans. They'll love anything she does like a true fan would, so I can see how they'll eat this up. Maybe with a little more time and proper editing this would have been much better.

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Summary: Foolish/Unfoolish : Reflections on Love
Review: If you see this book or audio cd in stores RUUUUUUN it stinks oh my god I read the book first and it was boring so I was like I'm going to hear her read the book since she wrote it I thought she was going to put personality into it but she failed If they had a rating that was 0 or -1 then she'll deserves that

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Summary: throw this in the trash
Review: this is a terrible, terrible book. it's so bad that it's funny and i bought it to laugh at. ashanti is an ok singer but a TERRIBLE writer. go waste your money on something else, like a dog house made of pinecones than this load of crap.