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Summary: Disappointed
Review: After reading "God Don't Like Ugly", which I loved, I was excited and looking forward to reading the sequel. To my surprise, I found the it to be laborious and boring. For the most part of this book, Mary Monroe reviewed the events of the first book. I was completely disappointed.
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Summary: Not pleased, not pleased at all
Review: After reading God Don't Like Ugly, I expected much more from Mary Monroe. This book took me quite a while to become interested in it. The story seemed slow and a little too cookie cutter when Rhoda and Annette were reunited. If Annette was really frightened by Rhoda, why was she so quick to reconcile with her? I was disappointed~the previous novel was much better.
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Summary: STILL!!!
Review: Annette's story continues in this sequel to 'God Don't Like Ugly', and this story is worth reading in my eyes. From reuniting with her father and meeting her bi-racial siblings, to her 'comfortable' relationship with the ever present Pee Wee, Annette faces new ugliness. And not suprisingly, some from her past. She proved herself strong from part one. And to me she is every woman!I definately enjoyed this continuation, but as always part one takes the cake! Mary Monroe fans old and new will be pleased.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: Fell short of what was expected. Story was too neat and cookie-cutter-like. It insulted the intelligence of the reader and I just didn't buy it. I hate to write such a review because I have loved Mary Monroe's work up to this point but this is something I will never recommend.
Rating:
Summary: Disappointment
Review: Fell short of what was expected. Story was too neat and cookie-cutter-like. It insulted the intelligence of the reader and I just didn't buy it. I hate to write such a review because I have loved Mary Monroe's work up to this point but this is something I will never recommend.
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Summary: God Still Don't Like Ugly and Is Not Crazy About Pretty Eith
Review: God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe is the long awaited sequel to God Don't Like Ugly. The book is the continuing saga of Annette Goode, her family, and her misfit band of friends as she returns to Richland, Ohio after running away to preserve her sanity nearly a decade earlier. Although Annette has matured and gained more self-confidence, she still harbors the mental and emotional scars left by the pedophile, Mr. Boatwright, and the murderous antics of her best friend, Rhonda. The story opens with Annette making a step toward reconciliation; she travels to Miami to visit with the father who abandoned her and her mother over 30 years ago and meets her long lost half-sister, Lillimae. The reconciliation theme continues throughout the story as she reconnects with childhood friends Pee-Wee (who she embraces) and Rhonda, the murderer (who she destperately tries to avoid). However, drama still clings to Annette like a shadow and her life becomes more complicated by the misdeeds of her jaded past, an ill-matched love affair with a penny pincher, and an altercation with a suspected pedophile. However, Annette is not alone in her despair; there is an expression, "misery loves company," and Monroe manifests its essence equally in the subplots involving Lillimae, Rhonda, and newfound friend,Jean. The author skillfully marries the reconciliation theme with one of forgiveness and redemption as demonstrated at the climax of the novel when Annette's past life as a prostitute jeopardizes her wedding. This event triggers a collapse of the wall of lies she has built, and opens a floodgate of truth the enables healing for every wounded character. Sacred secrets are revealed, testimonies are shared, and lost loves are reunited. Annette learns that the truth liberates and the dark cloud of gloom slowly dissipates from her life toward the end of the book, the sun was finally shining in her life after nearly forty years of impediments. This novel is filled with many unforeseen twists and turns which makes it a page-turner. It proved to be a much anticipated and extremely satisfying follow-up novel, so much so that I do not think Mary Monroe fans will be disappointed. Reviewed by Phyllis
APOOO BookClub, The Nubian Circle Book Club
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: Great followup to God Still Don't Like Ugly. I would definitely recommend this book!
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Summary: Slow Start....
Review: I am slowly becoming a fan of Ms. Monroe... and was excited to see a follow-up to "God Don't Like Ugly" which I found to be teriffic... however, this book took a while to grab me... I was not at all interested in finding out how everyone's lives had changed in the years that passed since the first novel... the story just sort of dragged along, however it was not until Rhoda showed back in town, that the interest peak and she doesnt show up until around page 40 or 50.
I like the short chapters, which helped the book move but the start is the most difficult to get past. Once I was mid way through the story, the action got more intense from the meeting of her fiance's family and the fall out of the wedding to the end when we find out what rhoda's true fate has been....
push yourself in th ebeginning, finish this story and feel like you have just accomplished A LOT!!!
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Summary: Not as good as the first one
Review: I consider myself a fan of Mary Monroe's work. I really loved God Don't Like Ugly, and I was excited when I found out that there would be a sequel. Now that I've read it, I would have to say that I'm rather disappointed. Those who have read the first book already, as I have, will find themselves skipping large sections of the book, since Monroe retells much of the story from the previous novel, sometimes needlessly. The book has other flaws as well: there is an excessive use of racial and regional stereotypes with the characters, and distasteful racial epithets are used more often than I think was necessary. In addition, some details of the story just don't "add up." For example, could a person (Jerome) with a criminal record involving drug use and sex with an underaged teenaged girl really get employment as a high school guidance counselor??? But I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt here: the editor should probably take some of the blame. After all, at the very minimum, a story should at least make sense. Maybe the first book set the bar too high for this one to reach. If you read the first book, you will probably want to read this one, if only to satisfy your curiosity, just don't expect too much.
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Summary: Not as good as the first one
Review: I consider myself a fan of Mary Monroe's work. I really loved God Don't Like Ugly, and I was excited when I found out that there would be a sequel. Now that I've read it, I would have to say that I'm rather disappointed. Those who have read the first book already, as I have, will find themselves skipping large sections of the book, since Monroe retells much of the story from the previous novel, sometimes needlessly. The book has other flaws as well: there is an excessive use of racial and regional stereotypes with the characters, and distasteful racial epithets are used more often than I think was necessary. In addition, some details of the story just don't "add up." For example, could a person (Jerome) with a criminal record involving drug use and sex with an underaged teenaged girl really get employment as a high school guidance counselor??? But I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt here: the editor should probably take some of the blame. After all, at the very minimum, a story should at least make sense. Maybe the first book set the bar too high for this one to reach. If you read the first book, you will probably want to read this one, if only to satisfy your curiosity, just don't expect too much.
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