Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp

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Summary: Very intersting twist of fate
Review: This book was so mind blowing from beginning to end. I was hooked from the first page to the last. The characters were very real, and hardcore. But at the same time extremly sad and vulnerable. "Whoreson" depicted an aspect of "ghetto life" that manstream society still fail to admit that exist. At the end, Whoreson, may in one aspect lost as far as being sent to prison. But actually, he really won, because he finally came to grips with what he had become, how he had gotten to that point. As well as what he hoped for the future. I was also glad that he had gotten the right woman in the end. Lastly, I also liked how Goines showed the love that Jesse and Whoreson shared for each other. This displayed the bond between mother/child which weighs heavily in the black community. As well as the strong love between a black woman and a black man(Whoreson and Janet). Superb ending!!

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Summary: 1 OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER
Review: THIS BOOK WAS THE BEST! I LOVE THIS BOOK! AFTER READING THIS BOOK I THOUGHT I HAD JUST WATCHED A MOVIE! IT WAS LIKE I WAS A PART OF THE STORY. WHORESON WAS A REAL PIMP WHO HAD A I DON'T CARE ATTITUDE. NOW DONALD GOINES BOOKS ARE THE TRUTH, NOTHING FICTIONAL ABOUT THESE BOOKS. EVERYBODY SHOULD READ AT LEAST 1 OF HIS BOOKS! I LIVE IN DETROIT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HE TALKED ABOUT HAS NOT CHANGED. I LOVE THIS BOOK!

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Summary: Whoreson : The Story of a Ghetto Pimp
Review: This book was the bomb! I consider myself a non-book reader. But, once I pick up this book. I could not put it down. In fact, I'm odering several copies to pass out to my friends and family members.

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Summary: Reggie
Review: This is absoulutly the best book that I have ever read. I began to read it because I was bored and someone gave it to me. From the first page to the very end I found a new meaning to reading books. The characters and situations made it very clear like a movie going on in my head at the same time that I was reading. Whoreson Jones is a real person because who ever reads this book can actually live this type of life. Although to me it was un-realistic at times it was still very interesting and I could not stop reading.I recommended this book to everyone that I knew. My girlfrien also started reading more because of this book and now she reads more than I do. This book opened up a new world to me that I never knew much about, the world of pimpin'. If real or not this is a far more interesting book than alot of garbage being put on the shelves today.If anyone with some weight in the movie business PLEASE make this book out of a movie I would gladly pay my [money] to see the adventures and missadventures of one WHORESON JONES.

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Summary: Goines is Absolutely Excellent
Review: This is the first and only book I've ever read by Goines. I had never even heard of him before. I just love to read books based on real life and how hard it can be. When I read "Whoreson" I literally did not put it down 'til I was finished (I was even caught a few times reading it at work). I was so impressed with Goines' work that I vowed I would someday have his entire collection of novels. I must say that I have read numerous books by various authors but Donald Goines is one author I will remember and speak about for yoears to come. His writing is absolutely excellent!

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Summary: Good Book
Review: This is the first Donald Goines book I have ever read and I am now a fan of his work because this was a great story. It was good enough for me to sit and read in one day. The only reason I picked up his book was because I had finished reading a collection of Iceberg Slim's book. Hands down I will have to give it to Iceberg but I can respect and appreciate Donald Goines writings. If you thoroughly enjoyed Goines then please buckle up and pick up Iceberg Slim. His books are the realest ever. U better know it!!!!

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Summary: Good Book
Review: This is the first Donald Goines book I have ever read and I am now a fan of his work because this was a great story. It was good enough for me to sit and read in one day. The only reason I picked up his book was because I had finished reading a collection of Iceberg Slim's book. Hands down I will have to give it to Iceberg but I can respect and appreciate Donald Goines writings. If you thoroughly enjoyed Goines then please buckle up and pick up Iceberg Slim. His books are the realest ever. U better know it!!!!

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Summary: Ghetto Pimp!!
Review: This was the first book I read by Donald Goines and I was captivated by the title....on reading I loved every last page, Donald used every day language and situations that you see and know happen. Whoreson, who got his name from his mother, for obvious reasons, she's a whore, and he's her son, was born and raised on the ghetto streets. The height of his ambiton is to become a pimp.....pimping and getting dollars, so said so done but with lots of twists and turns....Whoreson had a hard life.....

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Summary: OFF THA HOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Whoreson by Donald Goines was off the hook!!!! I loved the way he discribed Whorson's every action in the book. And the way he discribed Boots, Fatima, Ruby and exe. I not only fell inlove with his words ,but I fell inlove with the novels hero Whorson.I felt as if I was looking at a movie while drinking a lemonade soomthie. Donald Goines and Nas is the best when it comes to words nah mean!!!!!!! One love -Nesa Escobar

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Summary: Whoreson is about reality and life.
Review: Whoreson is a book that really allows us to look at pimp life in the real prospective. I mean you would never image living like this unless this was the environment in which you have grown up in. This book, however, touches all african americans if you take the time to read it you will be amazed of the trial nd tribulations he dealt with and then the survival tactics that were displayed. This let's you know we can do anything. Some of us have came from the slums and we are running businesses, becoming successful authors,and so forth. So even if you are a whores son, KEEP YO HEAD UP!