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Title: PARTIALLY EMBELLISHED
Review: ... Magazine recently featured the author Terri Woods. Sheis towards the end of the spectrum of Gen X. Growing up during thesame period as myself, I am totally familiar with this era. Hip Hopmusic categorizes this time period significantly. We all remember thehuge rope chains and Eric B and Rakim melodies. The hot beamer coupesthat stalled along 125th street and the hot summers in North Philly,but this novel is emebellished beyond belief. Woods depiction of thedrug game in Philly is totally distorted. I didn't feel sympathy forthe main character. I don't feel that she was a heironess. She was amoney grubbin, non workin, narcissistic prostitute. This novel ispoorly written and should have stayed in the hands of streetvendors. Although, I do admire the way Woods understands heraudience. For this reason , I gave her two stars. She must give herfemale characters more substance.
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