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Summary: ******This Book Is The Best!!!!******
Review: Flly Girl written by Omar Tyree is a very good book and I can't believe what some of these haters are saying about it. I have to give my props to Shari R. cuz it's true what she says about this book. I'm a teen now and I can relate to Tracy with the peer pressure and junk. Especially growing up now is hard enough. I think that if the book makes you think and guestion yourself and if you can relate to it, it's a good book. It's not surprising 2 me that adults and parents are going to put this book down. If you r a parent u should try putting yourself in Tracy's shoes, it's not easy. Omar Tyree is a very talented up 2 date author who continues to inspires us with his powerful books. So all you haters need to stop hating cuz this book is off the hook.
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Summary: Is a love story with a twist.
Review: This story is about a girl who is pretty young and has decided to have sex for the first time. The guy she had sex with has made her go crazy. Now she believes she can go out and do anything and everything for her. After a little while stuff start catching up to her and she doesn't know what to do. I thought the book was very good. The author really relates his stories to his readers. I like the idea that he writes about stuff that happens in the real world. I really recommend this book for anyone over the age of 14.
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Summary: G o O m a r
Review: I loved Omar Tyree he reps for Philly. Fly girl reminds me of myself I was a wannabe fly girl and looked up to girls like Tracy. I guess the flyness is not all is cracked up to be. I also grew up in the same neighborhhod as Tracy go philly go mount airy
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Summary: What was the Hype?
Review: Don't get me wrong it was a good book, but from what I had heard about it made me expect so much more. It was just a book about a fast behind little girl, who was blinded by money,clothes,jewerly and men. Like alot of little girls. It was a page tuner and I liked it but It didn't even make it to my top ten list.
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Summary: Good, but yet very disappointing.....
Review: It took me a week to get through this book, anyone who knows me knows that that is too long. I was a teenager back in the day and I do remember some stories like Tracy's. But Tracy's attitude and mannerisms sounded like she was more from the slums than the middle class background the author depicted in the beginning. Everyone's parents was either weak or missing. The plot goes into all of the games Tracy has played, then after seeing her friends sister becoming a drug addict she decides to take a turn. Only after her mother decides to kick her behind and threaten to throw her out in the streets. (Hey, she won't be able to get some money for clothes shopping! I gotta change)! Then, all of a sudden Tracy goes to college (which was somewhat believable since she "somehow" did well in school while being miss "fly", yet still she is trying to play the game by staying true to Victor, who was the one who "turned her out" first. I mean please! No one I knew in the 80's was this stupid. Apparently from reading other reviews, this kind of thing is "real". What I find in those statements is that it is also frightening that children are left to raise themselves.Another thing is that Mr. Tyree is not the best writer. He can put a story together but it wasn't until the middle of the book that I even cared about any of these characters. To be honest, I didn't even care about the main characer Tracy, I cared about knowing what happend to Mercedes and Raheema. Tracy was just to stupid, selfish and self centered for me. I don't feel that she has learned her lesson. Now Winter in Sister Souljah's "COLDEST WINTER EVER", she had more hard lessons. Read that book instead and then we can discuss it. Hopefully the sequel will be better.
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Summary: Literary Feces
Review: Man oh man. African-American culture is in the toilet if this piece of literary feces can be published. Even worse than the publication is the fact that people buy, read, and LIKE it. I actually urge people to read this book so as to find out how NOT to write a novel. Man! I miss black literature! Where has it gone? I grew up reading Ellison, Wright, and Hughes. They are long dead, and so is their spirit, judging from this terrible, rambling book. Some observations: the 80s were boring when they happened, and are still boring. You can't make them cool again. Also, TRIM THE DIALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION. It can still be a descriptive novel without grasping for JUST the right word to explain someone's skin tone. Mr. Tyree, read the Invisible Man again (if you ever have). And this time, take notes.
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Summary: Absolutely loved it!!!!
Review: This is one of my all time favorite books. This book started my love of reading. The characters were so real in this book, for each character, there were people in my life who reminded me of them. I was glad that Tracy did get her life back on track and that here parents decided to work things out.
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Summary: Back In The Day!
Review: Flyy Girl, Omar Tyree's debut novel was a very entertaining, eye opening and enlightening read. Tyree provided an in-depth view about the realistic situations that young girls encounter in the streets of Urban America. Tyree did a good job of speaking from a female perspective especially that of a young female. I enjoyed reading about Tracy's escapades, RaRas vulnerability, and Jantel's dedication. I felt like I was back in the day...only it was doing the 70s. Even then, teenage girls were interested in dating, flyy clothes, and guys with money and bad rides. Although I must say that Tracy and her friends took it to a different level...a more gritty, street smart and immoral level. (As such, It leaves me to wonder what I will be store for in 2010 when my daughter comes of age and begins to date). While I didn't like the boyfriend flavor of the week theme, because it became a little redundant after the third boyfriend, I did enjoy watching Tracy mature with time and realize that there was more to life than being flyy. I saw Tracy as a spoiled youngster exploit into the teen years with much attitude, a vain personality, a materialistic girl, and sexual desires to boot. But then I also saw Tracy experience an awakening and as a result the love for self. While Flyy Girl was primarily Tracy's story there were secondary characters who were essential to the story along with their sub-plots. I enjoyed reading about Tracy's parents although I was disappointed in the actions of her father toward his family and to some extend the things that Tracy's mother allowed Tracy to get away with(ie expensive gifts from boys and no questions asked. However, given that the parents had their own set of issues I also understood their imperfections and realized that even as a parent I too will make mistakes. Flyy Girl provides insight regarding the issues that young teens face as they try to live in the fast lane and world of easy money; provides a good explanation of how young women think and how young boys act; and has a message that's worth hearing. I believe that every mom should purchase this book to share with her daughter when she becomes of age.
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Summary: You Go Flyy Girl
Review: I read this book in one day. I'm still telling people to read it and I read it a year ago. Me, being a 17 year old could truly relate to Tracy and Raheema. The book was so good, I passed it around my high school so more than just one girl could get a dose of reality, and a couple of guys read it too. Just about everyone read it in a couple of hours. Thank you soo much Mr. Tyree. Finally someone who writes about youth without putting us down, but understanding where we come from. To every one who had negative reviews about this book,(put in the words of a typical teenager) you just don't understand and you probably never will. That's the problem with adults these days. Stop being afraid to face reality, because it's out there, and sooner or later, your child is going to run straight smack into it. You just better hope they are able to handle the pressures. You're the best Omar, I hope you come with more just like Tracy and Raheema, there both girls I could find myself being cool with. Keep up the good work My Brotha, and adults, think back to when you were in highschool and maybe you'll remember how hard it is to become your own person with parents breathing down your back.
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Summary: Better luck next time...
Review: I anxiously awaited reading this book for some reason I cannot explain. The title made me reminisce about junior high and I remembered thinking that I was truly flyy, so in a fit of remembrance I purchased this book. What a let down. I did not enjoy the method in which the story was told, there was no character development, and it was quite obvious that this was a story written from the male perspective. Although I do not plan to read the other books (Do Right Man, For the Love of Money - What cliched titles!) I do hope that he continues to grow as a writer.
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