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Summary: Everything one could want in a sequel.
Review: This book is absoluteyl everything you could want in a sequel. It satisfies your need to know what happened to... and where is... It goes on to introduce new characters and leaves readers wanting to more about these new characters. Great Sequel, great writer! Defenitely a legend in the making.
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Summary: This book is the best I have read in years.
Review: This book is breath taking. I have never read a novel that has moved me the way this one has. Bernice L. McFadden knows how to reach inside of you and pull out feelings that only an exceptional writer knows how to do. If you are an avid reader this should definitely be amongst your collection. This is a must have.
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Summary: Not As Sweet As Sugar, But Still Good
Review: This book started off just where Sugar left off.I like how all the family ties all came together. How people in Sugar's own neighborhood talked about her like a dog, but ended up being family members. Including the fact that she was is love with her own brother at one point and time until she found out who he was and had to break his heart. She didn't want to let him know because she didn't want to mess up her father's family. Well ain't she sweet, cuz I would have been hollaring...2df.
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Summary: This Bitter Earth
Review: This book was as good as Ms. McFadden's previous two books. I could not put it down once I really got into the book. It is so amazing how she intertwined all of the characters together in the book. As you read this book you should pay careful attention and at the end you will be trying to put the entire puzzle together.
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Summary: Execellent Sequel
Review: This book was so well written and really summed up a story that needed to be told. There were so many questions in the first novel, Sugar, and This Bitter Earth, really made those questions clear. I wanted to know how Sugar came to be a prostitute and how she met Mary and Mercy. How did she come to know the Lacey sisters? This was such a mesmorizing novel that all the answers were given and it kept my attention. Sugar is a remarkable woman and I was glad that she was able to hlep Mercy as she had been helped by Pearl. A lot of circles came to a close and completed the story. Pearl, Joe, Seth and JJ all had some type of closure in their hearts when they were able to come face to face with the killer of their beloved Jude and Jude was able to rest peacefully. The Bitter Earth is one of the better reads of 2002. Hope to read more of Ms. McFadden's writings.
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Summary: Very Creative
Review: This was a excellent sequel to Sugar. I had been hearing about Sugar for the longest but was skeptical to read it because of what Sugar's character was. But I'm glad I decided to read it because it was a real good book. So, after you finish Sugar, I had to read This Bitterearth because by this time my curiosity had taken over. The plot was a trip,everything just start going around in circles, and then it will meet back up later. All of the why this and that happen. Everybody is kin some kind of way in this book or have acquaintances that knows the characters. Lappy was crazy, I wonder was he cursed? Pearl was hearing her dead child (Jude) voice. But this is a most read, for all who are looking for a pageturner. Keep up the good work Ms. Mcfadden I am going to get her next novel now (Warmest December).
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Summary: Great Sequel
Review: What can I say about This Bitter Earth that has not already been said. If you've read Sugar, and loved it, you will love this one too.
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Summary: NOTHING SHORT OF EXCELLENT!
Review: When finding out there was a sequel to Sugar, I had to get this book. Ms. McFadden writes THE STORY OF SUGAR LACEY, with even more fervor than Sugar. Sugar was nothing more than a backdrop for this EXCELLENT, well crafted novel. This book brings everything together from Short Junction-Bigelow-St. Louis doing a 360. Great characterization (We get to know a little something about all the characters). There's also alot of foreshadowing and imagery that brings so much life and color to this story. So far this is the best novel I've read this year and in a long time. Most authors of today opt for sensationalism than just a good quality story and Bernice Mcfadden has delivered once again. I strongly recommend reading Sugar first to get a little taste of Miss Sugar Lacey and how it all started and ended in This Bitter Earth.
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Summary: A Winner
Review: With her debut, Sugar, Ms. McFadden quickly became one of my favorite novelist and this sequel has only reinforced her standing. Ms. McFadden's writing style is rich, lyrical, and powerful, keeping you turning pages filled with characters that continue to haunt long after the last riveting page has been turned.
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Summary: A Winner
Review: With her debut, Sugar, Ms. McFadden quickly became one of my favorite novelist and this sequel has only reinforced her standing. Ms. McFadden's writing style is rich, lyrical, and powerful, keeping you turning pages filled with characters that continue to haunt long after the last riveting page has been turned.
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