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Summary: The Bomb
Review: This book was just too good. I wouldn't change this book for nothing. I think one of the best part of this book was when Zora met Franklin family.
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Summary: A book with an everlasting and powerful message
Review: "Disappearing Acts" is by far one of the most powerful books that I have ever read that had a lasting impact because of the well developed themes that constantly arose from beginning to end. Women's issues were divulged, the weaknesses of the Black male were brought to light, relationship abuse was exposed and most of all poverty in a brought sense closes out some of the key themes in this novel. I read this book ten years ago when it was first released with no prior knowledge of the author or the type of book that I was getting into. I read an excerpt from ESSENCE magazine and was immediately intrigued and it lead me to believe that the book was a captivating love story. Was I prepared for what I was about to read? Probably not. However, because of Terry McMillan's tremendous writing skills, I was totally engaged once I began to read this novel, the story of Zora and Franklin and their love-hate relationship. This book was an eye opener and enlightened me about relationships that are doomed from the start and how it can eventually lead to destruction as both parties slowly destroy each other due to unresolvable conflicts. Zora and Franklin are no exception and the role that each plays is representative of what can happen in a relationship between two people like Zora and Franklin. Zora, a Black career-oriented female is in a relationship with a Black high-school drop out who can't hold a job and is full of empty promises. Needless to say one can't build a relationship on dreams and illusions and eventually Zora's success becomes the source of Franklin's jealousy and anger which in my mind turned the relationship into a verbally, physically and sexually abusive one. Without providing more detail for fear of revealing all the good aspects of the book, this is highly recommended reading if you are interesting in some insight on what happens in some Black relationships and relationships on the whole for that matter but written from the point of view of Black author who had a very powerful message to convey. I read this book twice and I am considering a third time may be in Spanish just to diversify. This is highly recommended reading.
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Summary: Now if you ain't read this book...
Review: What's the matter with you, it's a movie now and Wesley was the man however, Ms. Lathen you was not the woman. read the book, see the movie. you be the writer next time.
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Summary: Disappearing Acts
Review: What can I say? I'm an avid reader of Terry Mc Millan's books. This book is on-point dealing with the issues that crop up in relationships.This is a "Must-Read"!
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Summary: Good read
Review: The story of Zora and her lovelife with Franklin is very entertaining and keeps you interested thoughout the entire book. The book is a lot better and more descriptive than the movie.
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Summary: It started out good...
Review: I was excited and involved with the characters during their introduction chapters. It was well written but a little too much detail for the let down (there were about 100 pages of extra reading time that could have been saved). I expected more than I got. Perhaps that's a flaw on my part. There were too many low points throughout this book and the ending was even worse because through all the drama, Zora still hadn't changed and Franklin got worse.
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Summary: I wish I can give it more stars
Review: I wish I can give this more stars I literally ate up every word in this book I started reading this 3 years ago on this same date and when the ball dropped in Times Square at midnight I was finished. Zora thought that Franklin was the perfect man for her and let her guard done only to be hurt be the things that he said and did in this novel. He treated her poorly because he didn't realize what he had and that was what I liked about this book it was not a perfect romance far from in fact and that is the reality that some woman deal with great read. This is another keeper by Terry McMillan looking forward to her other works
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Summary: Disappearing Acts...Terry McMillan..Great Book
Review: I LOVED this book. I read it in two days and wished Terry McMillan would write another to let us know what happened to Franklin and Zora. I thought the way the characters feelings told were amazing, you almost felt a part of each of them and saw things from two perspectives. A lot of times when reading a book you will see one side where in this book we saw two sides, the man and woman. I loved it. I have read all of her books and this by far is my favorite!!!
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Summary: EXCELLENT STORYTELLING; DEPRESSIVE STORY
Review: No one can take away the storytelling ability that Terry McMillan brings forth. However, her female characters are always usually so weak, depressing and sex-a-holics. I've read all of her books (with the exception of Stella--...You can tell that Terry writes about herself and her family, that's why her writing is written with such passion because she's actually lived her words..."Disappearing Acts" is about her relationship with her son's (Solomon) father... Terry Mc gets a 5 star on her ability to tell a story, but a 4 on the story and characters itself.
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Summary: Read the book twice, loved it only once
Review: The first time I read the book I loved it, I couldn't put it down, I wanted them to make a movie, I, well, I was 14. The second time around at age 19 I wasn't so impressed. Reading it a second time, with a mature mind let me see things I missed the first time. Was it me or did anybody notice Franklin did all of the following things...
-Raped Zora
-Hit Zora
-Cheated on Zora
-Abandoned Zora and the baby
-Destroyed Zora's house
-Verbally abused her by calling her fat
-Lied to her about his divorce/children/lack of college degree Yet still in the end they ended up together and we are supposed to call this a love story. Puh-lease! This is more like a tragedy.
Terry McMillan is a wonderful writer, yet still this book is sad and lacking. It's sad because she glorified the Tragedy of so many African American women. Franklin was a poor example of an African American man, Zora...she's just weak. She got pregnant out of wedlock 4 times. It needs repeating, 4 times. If Zora was a real life person my friends and I would have some 3 and 4 letter words to describe her. I'll just call her loose. If it wasn't for the plot I'd love this book because it's so realistic and Terry's Dialogue has always seemed like the voices of people I know. However, as a strong Black woman I can't support such a weak individual as Zora, had it been me I would've never let Franklin back into my life or my bed. This is a twisted story.
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