garbage. promotes child rape, human trafficking,

this is not an erotica novel. it's a snuff book. it promotes children being raped and beaten as sexy romance scenes. "14 year old being double fisted in the ass and hit with a cattle prong" or grown man molesting an 8 year old while she sleeps is not erotica. this author promotes malignant masculinity. not to mention the role of women and girls in this book is only sex. the men are ignorant stereotypes, drug dealer, ghetto rapper, fake ass king pin. corney vernacular like. "his raps was so fire he had them (the audience) coming on his dick" this author promotes domestic violence, torture, rape, violence against women and child porn, child trafficking as erotica. do better. the narrator read well.

3 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Sad story

The story was traumatic and sad. Half of the sexual encounters are brutal and there is to much violence. Though this book wasn't for me.. I was committed to listening out to the end only to find out how it ended and to see if Brody got what he deserved... to die.

3 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Could and would not finish this!

Right from Chapter 1 I was questioning who could think of and write such horrific things. This book was so hard to listen to that I could not even finish it.

2 persone l'hanno trovata utile

it was a good story

I just hate that it ended the way that it ended but overall good book

2 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Disappointing !!!

Not very good, draggrd on, on, on . Copy paste of somw of het other stories.

1 persona l'ha trovata utile

Emotional and suspenseful

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I thought this was really good. I would recommend this book. The Characters were real. Sometimes you would be mad at them, then turn around and cheer for them. That's hard to pull off. I can see why this book was made into a movie.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I really like Ramel. I have a thing for protective men. :-) Also, he's someone I could see myself respecting in real life.

What about Nicole Small’s performance did you like?

She did a wonderful job playing all characters and conveying emotion without over doing it.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Ramel found Eva. Also the car accident scene.

Any additional comments?

Can't wait to catch the movie, that's all I can say.

1 persona l'ha trovata utile

The Bricks shows the real NYC

This was a very interesting and intense tale of young black people fighting their way through the hard times and underground world of NYC of crime and music, I really enjoyed it.

I'm also from New York City so I can't help think about my own life experiences as a young person although most of young life was spent in The Bronx, and having never crossed over into those circles that the book illustrated. I appreciated the author and narrator. They both did a great job.

It also showed the impact of lack of family values and any positive parental influences or minimal community commitments on young people lives. To me, it was a testimony of how people are motivated by the street only to end up in prison life or death.

I had a hard time finding sympathy for most of the characters with the exception of Eva and Rosa. I think some of this book really did happen. This book also makes me glad that I left NYC before I became an adult.

Amazing!

Great book…lots of emotions. And as always Nicole Small did a awesome job narrating!

A true comeback story with a deadly twist!

This was the first time I have ever read urban erotica and I love it. The steamy scenes are described with a passion and accuracy that you can't help but be turned on as you listen or read, The story truly grips you and takes you down the grimy road of dope boys and rikers island, unpaid debts, and fatal twist where anything is possible and not really always a good thing.

Couldn't Finish To Much Sex Scenes!!!!!!!

Great narrator. Book trash it's a lil story going on but skipped most of the due to MAJOR SEX SENCES its even got its on chapter of sex. Not for me don't wanna here a porno, wanna hear a great story. I get it some sex senses but 80% of book.