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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Black" Tells it Like It Is,
By cdaniel (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 47th Street Black: A Novel (Paperback)
47th street is alive in this novel. Ojikutu captures the language and the culture and presents it in rich prose.As a Chicago South-Sider, I found the story of Mookie and J.C. to be very realistic. As a reader, I felt the anxiety, the fear, the ambition, the disappointment, and even the thrill that these two experience as they come of age in the steet game and eventually become two of its major players. This is much more than a story of urban hustlers, it is the story of men stuggling to first find their manhood and eventually striving to become "the man". The story is intelligently told, vivid, and engrossing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I know J.C and Mookie,
By Newyorkdreads (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 47th Street Black: A Novel (Paperback)
While reading this book I kept thinking I know J.C. and Mookie the names are diffrent but the they are the same guys I know in this day and time from around the way.While reading this book I grew up with J.C. and Mookie, meaning that I felt it when they were kids, and then they became teenagers, and then men. I was with J.C. while he did his bid in prison, I was Mora hanging with Mookie all those years. The scene in Prison was rough and real I cried for J.C. There were some serious comments about God and Jesus,(I didn't think anybody else thought like that) I also was reminded of Sheakspere's Othello, because of all the manipulation going. I hated how we were/are made to do each other in, and the cycle continues. I didn't give the brother five stars only because some parts were kind of hard to follow however, this is the brother's first effort and it was worthy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Are we products of our environment?,
By R.E.A.L. Reviewers (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 47th Street Black: A Novel (Paperback)
'47th Street Black' is a first novel for Mr. Ojikutu. He picks an interesting and difficult topic: life in the streets. Mr. Ojikutu makes political statements and observations about life in the United States through main characters Mookie and J.C. Mookie is an exception to the rule of the projects, his parents are still together and a relative is not raising him. However, his father is just going through the motions of living without really living. Mookie has the potential to fulfill the dreams of his father, when life as a black man in the USA destroys those dreams, and Mookie turns to the other option available in his neighborhood. J.C. is Mookie's best friend. He almost has this love/hate relationship with Mookie where he resents and admires his talents. It seems that J.C. is always living in Mookie's shadow. The premise of 47th Street back is worthy of a book. Mr. Ojikutu intersperses the history of the 1960's through out the plot. It seems to me that the story could have been shorter and there were times that it was difficult to keep reading; the story-line did not hold my attention after a certain point. Also, sometimes the dialect makes it hard to follow. Perhaps this would be a more interesting read for men and/or women who enjoy reading about murder, drugs, chauvinism and the mafia. It is an admirable first novel, but I don't know that I would read this author again. Leanna
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