Official Review: City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line
Posted: 31 May 2020, 09:54
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line" by Anisa B.]
Katrina Bittman had a seemingly ordinary life until her father passed and she learned about his drug habits. Now, she is stuck in Atlanta, Georgia, trying to help her mom make ends meet and support her twin siblings. She and her mother work to pay the bills, but things never seem to be paid on time. At times, Uncle Lenny, a police officer in a nearby department, is able to help them pay bills and be a father figure to the young boys. Yet things never seem to improve as Katrina learns one of her best friends, Bianca, is the reason why her relationship failed. That same friend also becomes mixed up in a rough crowd, does drugs, and is increasingly dependent on her friendship with Katrina. All Katrina wants is to help her family, have a good relationship, and get into college. Will she be able to find her way through the secrets and lies to a better life?
City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line by Anisa B had more twists and turns than a roller coaster. It was quite an interesting story from the perspective of teenage Katrina into a world not many of us see. As someone who didn't come from a family with drug issues or this kind of background, it was surely eye-opening. I think this book really has potential and can reach a variety of people, however, it needs significant work.
To start, I had a difficult time determining the setting of the story. The author does mention Atlanta, Georgia, a few times throughout the book, but that was not the issue. The author jumps between two different time frames and I had increasing difficulty determining where I was in the story. There was a separation between some of the paragraphs but I was unable to figure out if it was later in the story or a flashback. This lack of description and setting was hard to grasp.
Additionally, the book needs significant editorial work. There were grammatical issues on nearly every page, ranging from the mixing of tenses to improper capitalization, or lack thereof. It made reading the book rather difficult.
Overall, I have to rate the book 2 out of 4 stars. The story really saved the book as I was interested to see the outcome. The grammatical issues, lack of description, and lack of a proper time period affected my above rating, among a few other things. As such, I would not recommend this book to others at this time. Should the author work with an editor(s), I think this book could be great.
All said and done, I cannot leave this review without providing a few warnings. People who are interested in this book need to be aware of potential triggers and issues. There is a lot of explicit language in the story, starting with the very first page. In addition, there is drug use and sexual assault involved. Please beware before reading this book.
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City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line
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Katrina Bittman had a seemingly ordinary life until her father passed and she learned about his drug habits. Now, she is stuck in Atlanta, Georgia, trying to help her mom make ends meet and support her twin siblings. She and her mother work to pay the bills, but things never seem to be paid on time. At times, Uncle Lenny, a police officer in a nearby department, is able to help them pay bills and be a father figure to the young boys. Yet things never seem to improve as Katrina learns one of her best friends, Bianca, is the reason why her relationship failed. That same friend also becomes mixed up in a rough crowd, does drugs, and is increasingly dependent on her friendship with Katrina. All Katrina wants is to help her family, have a good relationship, and get into college. Will she be able to find her way through the secrets and lies to a better life?
City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line by Anisa B had more twists and turns than a roller coaster. It was quite an interesting story from the perspective of teenage Katrina into a world not many of us see. As someone who didn't come from a family with drug issues or this kind of background, it was surely eye-opening. I think this book really has potential and can reach a variety of people, however, it needs significant work.
To start, I had a difficult time determining the setting of the story. The author does mention Atlanta, Georgia, a few times throughout the book, but that was not the issue. The author jumps between two different time frames and I had increasing difficulty determining where I was in the story. There was a separation between some of the paragraphs but I was unable to figure out if it was later in the story or a flashback. This lack of description and setting was hard to grasp.
Additionally, the book needs significant editorial work. There were grammatical issues on nearly every page, ranging from the mixing of tenses to improper capitalization, or lack thereof. It made reading the book rather difficult.
Overall, I have to rate the book 2 out of 4 stars. The story really saved the book as I was interested to see the outcome. The grammatical issues, lack of description, and lack of a proper time period affected my above rating, among a few other things. As such, I would not recommend this book to others at this time. Should the author work with an editor(s), I think this book could be great.
All said and done, I cannot leave this review without providing a few warnings. People who are interested in this book need to be aware of potential triggers and issues. There is a lot of explicit language in the story, starting with the very first page. In addition, there is drug use and sexual assault involved. Please beware before reading this book.
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City Girl Tales: Walk a Straight Line
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
