Review of Diary of the Knucklehead Street Child

[Amy Bekins]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Diary of the Knucklehead Street Child" by Quinche Tucker.]

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2 out of 5 stars

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“Diary of the Knucklehead Street Child” by Quinche Tucker is a short story about a drug dealer as told by him through his diary. This 62 page diary tells of his journey as a young adult coming of age. He starts his diary by describing his relationship with his girlfriend. The beginning of the book is characteristic of young love and the passion and fury that go with it. His girlfriend gets pregnant and has a baby girl; this becomes the motivation for him to turn his life around. Through that motivation he finds Jesus and talks through coping strategies and other ways that he works to deal with the things going on in his life, process his situations, and move forward.

Tucker is clearly a clinician in how she writes. She pulls from her vast knowledge of working with young adults and helping them deal and cope with all the things going on in the world. Using this creative outlet of writing to support young adults was my favorite part of the book.

I was not a fan of the book. The writing jumps around, lacks clarity, and has many grammatical and punctuation errors. I found over 10 errors within the first six pages, which made it distracting and hard to read. As it is a diary, there are times he pauses and then resumes. However, there are no markings in the book to indicate when this is happening, which can make it difficult to follow.

I would give this book a 2 out of 5 stars. I give this ranking because though it has promise and I could see how it could be beneficial for teenagers, it was poorly written, and the positive messages seemed unrealistic to come out of a teenager’s diary. If a teenager is interested in learning more about positive thinking and moving forward, I would recommend this book to them. Other than that, I would not recommend the book.

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Diary of the Knucklehead Street Child
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