No One Is Coming to Save Us Lib/E (CD-Audio)

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It isn't too often that I can't get through a book, but this is one that I gave up on. I found nothing compelling about the plot or characters.

from wellreadcatlady

So this book is being advertised as a retelling of The Great Gatsby but updated to be about a modern black family in the south. Yeah, that doesn't really come across and feels more like an afterthought added to the story to attempt to make this book more interesting than it was. The book isn't ho...

from flourgirl49

I felt no connection to any of the characters in this book and found the story to be boring. I can't even think of another thing to say - that's how apathetic I feel about it.

from delphimo

Oh, the duty of reading a book that provides no joy or entertainment. That sad dilemma engulfs No One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts. I listened to the audio book as the reader attempted to alter her voice for different characters, but only succeeded in confusing this listener as ...

from Beamis12

This is blurbed as a new and updated Great Gatsby, but let me start by saying the links to that classic are tenuous at best, in my opinion virtually non existent. At first I was reading this and trying to find the connection, disappointed when I couldn't and then realized I was doing a huge disse...