Dr. Pat

I'm amazed when individuals criticize literature written about and read from a cultural perspective. I found this a beautiful portrayal of the experiences of two immigrants from Calcutta and their American born children. I was able to internalize the struggle of keeping one's own culture alive, while adapting in a totally different culture, and what happens when one lives between two worlds--desperately needing to define his cultural identity--not quite feeling totally comfortable in either. In addition, the reader drew me into the book with her voice and intonation, moving from a pronounced Indian accent to having very little accent--when appropriate. I'd highly recommend it.

I love all things John Grisham. I've been a fan ever since I was on a flight traveling to Memphis many years ago, when I was still an undergrad, and an elderly "Southern Bell" sitting next to me gave me a--fresh off the press--1st edition she'd just completed, called "Time to Kill." She told me I must read this book, because it was "faaaabulous dahlin'" and the author was going to be "famous one day." How prophetic...

The Litagators fulfilled my expectations. However, the narrator would have been perfect if the characters were from New York. I had to remind myself over and over that the characters were supposed to be Chicagoans, specifically Southsiders...I was born in Chicago and grew-up on the Southside. I bleed Chicago White Sox, and long for the old Comisky Park...So I can say without a doubt, the characters did not speak Chi-Townease...

Even after the firm finally got a big payday at the end, Wally displayed that old longing when he heard the ambulance sirens,

Characters sounded like New Yorkers...This Chicago White Sox fan did not appreciate feeling like she was sitting in the Yankees bull pen...metaphorically...

Laugh, Smile, SMH...

Keep them coming JG...

To say that the characters in this book are one dimensional would be an overstatement. Each character has less than a half of a dimension. If they are not talking about sex, they are having or thinking about it. The characters are super obsessed with sex...and most of them equate sex and commitment, or the lack thereof, with love. I'm far from being a prude, but this book left me speechless--and not in a good way. I could not imagine an entire group of friends and/or family members who govern their entire lives based on their sexual appetites—all decisions are libido driven. Each character is rendered helpless, when aroused. Give me a break! If the characters are not talking about sex, they are having or thinking about it. This book is worthy of a place on the shelf of some XXX book store. It is obvious that it was written from a male's perspective and fantasies, because the female characterizations are just not real...Don’t waste your time; if porn is your thing, rent a video…

This is a priceless series from beginning to end. I was so excited to see that the first two books in the series were on Audible. However, after my first listen I wanted to throw my mp3 player out of the window. The narration is just not up to par and actually makes the listen difficult. Hillary Huber does not come close to capturing the urban genre and feel of the characters. She sounds like a cross between Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Can we please replace Hillary Huber with Bahni Turpin or Lisa Renee Pitts...Narration can make or break an audio book. Had it not been for the fact that I'm an avid fan of this series and have read every book, I would have given it one star, just because of the narrator. However, I've given it four stars instead of the five it deserves...Please use someone else for the remaining books....Please, please, please.....

This is seriously unrealistic...Women characterizations written from the male point-of-view, male fantasy...The Bishop too naive to have moved up to the rank of Bishop, and every woman is a "good woman" and "good christian." I hate to see what a bad woman and bad christian look like...

I really do not where to start; the writing is just bad. Even though E. Lynn Harris tells an interesting story, the trite character descriptions, superficial references to material items, and tedius decriptions of a character's every movement make listening to this book extremely difficult. You just want to say, "Get on with the story, why don't you! How insignificant was that!" I could not imagine if I had to sit down and read the book; I'd want to slit my wrist. But, the most fustrating thing I find about the writing is that the characters are decribed as food items. For example, one character was decribed as having the skin color of a "toasted croissant." It seems that Harris loves describing characters as mocha colored, almond colored, honey colored, dark chocolate. These descriptions are the best this writer can conceive in terms of decribing his characters and obviously are his definition of beauty, not to mention his obsession with characters having honey green or grey eyes. I find this is so sad, because it is 2006, yet he still has the "light skinned, hazel eyes, and good hair," as the true definition of African American beauty, mentality. However, aside from his plantation ideology, the writing is just bad.

Because this author spends so much time on trivial descriptions, he makes what could be a good story boring and never completely develops the story. As a result, the ending is drier than "burnt toast."