The Kid

De: Sapphire

Narrado por: Sapphire

Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious's son, Abdul.

In The Kid, best-selling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push's unforgettable heroine, Precious. A story of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul, The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones. We meet him at age nine, on the day of his mother's funeral. Left alone to navigate a world in which love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behind.

In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday; from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artist's lofts, The Kid tells of a 21st-century young man's fight to find a way toward the future. A testament to the ferocity of the human spirit and the deep nourishing power of love and of art, The Kid chronicles a young man about to take flight. In the intimate, terrifying, and deeply alive story of Abdul's journey, we are witness to an artist's birth by fire.

©2011 Sapphire (P)2011 Penguin

Waste of a Credit

I only finished this book because I started it. It’s not something I would recommend. I enjoyed Push a great deal, and I had high hopes that this sequel would keep in stride. I was greatly disappointed. Sapphire’s narration was less than stellar at best. The story was just ok, and sometimes very difficult to follow. Some parts seem to have been written for the sole purpose of shocking the reader.

Waste of a credit

Wish I would have read the reviews this book was not good the storyline was ok but it was very hard to follow at times and the narrator was horrible I definitely would NOT recommend this book to anyone

good book terrible to listen to

so this is a really good book and I read some of the reviews about how the author read the book and I wanted to give it a chance because the person who wrote the book is narrating the book so she must know how she wanted to say things but listening to this has been so terribly painful. I wish I had just bought the book myself. It’s true. It’s like she doesn’t use or acknowledge punctuation. Even sounds irritated at times or drained. I really wish someone would redo this audible book..

Enjoyed it

Its something you would have to listen to your self. This book can go either way. Its just as blunt as "push"......Indescribable

Not Bad, but not great either. Story needs to be streamlined for a better flow.

While Sapphire is a wonderful writer, I feel like The Kid wasn't as good ( not to say it's not) as Push was. I feel like the storyline could be more streamlined and flowed more smoothly. I do feel like the more graphic details were a bit too much. While this story wasn't terrible, I think Sapphire really should have streamlined it to where it flowed more smoothly because it just felt all over the place. Performance-wise, Sapphire did okay, think she did struggle in places but reading your own book, it's bound to happen but I feel that narration isn't exactly her strong suit. Not saying she's terrible or anything, it just doesn't seem to be something she does very often. I think she should have had Bahni Turpin narrate this audiobook, like she did with Push. I think the storyline could have benefitted from being more streamlined and polished because it was just all over the place.

this book is very disturbing

I had to keep turning it off Is way worse then push it made me cry.

Stressed listener

I’m glad I already read this book years ago on paper because I have no idea how anyone can finish the audiobook. This is my only regret credit. The book is disturbing yes. It’s one you’re okay with forgetting yes. It’s one that’s hard to read because it’s vulgar but not hard knowing someone out there’s story is being told.

The problem is sapphire. There’s no way she wrote this book with punctuation because she does not know how to read any of it. I wanted to stab myself in the ears listening to this and I’ve only made it 30 min in in the past year.

Usually I love Sapphire’s work, but this is a no

Sapphire is generally a good writer. A good narrator, not so much. Some parts of the story she sounds exhausted from reading, other parts full of energy (like when she does animal sounds towards the latter of the book). It’s hard to tell who is speaking because there generally isn’t much change in voice inflection or tone. And it’s difficult to imagine the character as a 6 foot tall 13 year old when his voice is spoken by a woman and sometimes given a high whiny pitch.

I have no idea what’s actually happening and what’s not, characters are introduced, given a story then completely vanish. There’s no redemption, and as much as I tried to like and sympathize and empathize with the main character, it just wasn’t happening.

I didn’t believe the reviews that said not to bother with this book, but I figured this is by Sapphire, it can’t be that bad..... it is that bad.

This Book Made My Ears Bleed

What disappointed you about The Kid?

In a word, horrible This book was poorly written. I had trouble trying to figure out what was fantasy and reality for Abdul. Further, Sapphire couldn't settle on a voice for him. One momenr Abdul is speaking like a pre-teen and the next next like an adult....it confused the hell outta me. In trying to develop the character she kept repeating the same things and spent too much time trying to express what he was thinking. Many times these thoughts did nothing for the story. In truth the book could've been a few hours shorter

Would you recommend The Kid to your friends? Why or why not?

Only if the listener want to know the backstory for Precious' mother and grandmother.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The author read the book and did an ok job.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Dissapont,ent

All over the place

It was hard to follow, it was all over the place. Good story just hard to follow.