Denzel's Lips [Mass Market Paperback]

Anita D. Diggs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2006

Welcome to Hercsville, Long Island, where everyone is young, rich, and beautiful. . .where four women are in search of love, sex, and sanity...

Asha Mitchell Seabrook is hot, young, and married to the very wealthy Nick Seabrook. But as rich as her man is, he just can't seem to satisfy her insatiable appetite for money--or sex...

Dr. Penelope Brewster is a successful clinical psychologist, who is trying to keep the children of Hercsville's power elite in good mental health--and out of trouble. But Dr. Penny has her own demons...

Glamorous, famous, and deeply troubled, Nancy St. Bart might be a successful soap opera actress, but she's also nursing some dangerous obsessions. And Denzel is just one of them. . .

Shareeka Ellison is as beautiful as the home she perfectly keeps. But her millionaire husband has turned into a man she doesn't know anymore--and one who might just destroy everything she's worked so hard for...

As these four ladies struggle with the pressures of being sexy, black, and successful, they're about to discover what living the high life is really all about . . .

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Dafina (September 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758210515
• ISBN-13: 978-0758210517
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,408,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Young and the Restless, March 14, 2007

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SistaTurninPages (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denzel's Lips (Mass Market Paperback)

Anita Diggs' latest novel, Denzel's Lips, reads like the pages of a soap opera. Diggs reintroduces us to Asha Seabrook and Sandra Brown, two sisters from her previous novel, The Other Side of the Game. Asha has married a soul food heir and they have relocated to the illustrious town of Hercville, Long Island, where glamour reigns and keeping up with the Joneses is a way of life.

Along with Asha and Sandra, we meet Nancy Rosa St. Bart, a soap opera star that has a fixation to Denzel Washington hence the title; Shareeka Ellison, wife to a movie producer/ex rapper who yearns for her old life in California; and Penelope Brewster, a snobby psychologist and single mother who seeks refuge in Hercville through her mother after she is shunned in Georgia where she previously resided. Eventually, all of these women's lives, as well as a host of other characters, become intertwined in a series of events that are so chaotic, the reader is not only left dazed but totally confused.

Overall, this was a very disappointing read. I felt that Diggs had way too many characters and this compromised the storyline of the novel. The story came across as very unfocused and unedited. There are several areas where the wrong character is mentioned and an instance where a name is given that is not even within the story. Some chapters are very short - 2-3 pages and told by minor characters. Also some chapters are told in first person while others were told in third person. Since this is Diggs fourth novel, I expected her writing to be a bit more polished. I very much want to continue to be a fan of Diggs as I enjoyed A Mighty Love and The Other Side of the Game but if she does not step up her writing game to where it should be, I cannot honestly read another one of her books or recommend it to others.

Angelique
APOOO BookClub

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Denzel, November 16, 2006

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AndreaDenise (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denzel's Lips (Mass Market Paperback)

This was an animated and swift read. The pages of "Denzel's Lips held the lives of some fascinating characters: Nancy, Shareeka, Asha, Saundra and Penelope. I will admit that the book was sort of odd but I did enjoy reading it.

Poor Nancy and her obsessive behavior. It wasn't until the end of the book that I realized she had a disturbing childhood. Her obsession with Denzel was hilarious.

Shareeka certainly brought the "hood" into the suburbs. She was indeed ghetto fabulous. The party scene had me in stitches.

I didn't care for Asha's character. She was a manipulating adulterer. She'd step on Mother Theresa's toes to get what she wanted. I did appreciate her dedication to her sister, Saundra.

Penelope was a conceited, insensitive, miserable old maid. I couldn't grasp the fact that she was actually in the field of helping others. She needed work herself.

Overall, I'd give the book 3 stars. It wasn't the best read of 2006 but it was decent.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Based on Audio version, June 11, 2008

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Pleasure Reader (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denzel's Lips (Mass Market Paperback)

I actually started reading this book but then became uninterested when trying to keep up with all the characters. Not want to totally take the zero, I picked up the audio version. Boy am I glad I did. I would have hated to waste all that time reading. I felt as if she was trying to tell all her stories in one with leaving all except for one incomplete. Ending definitely left me wanting closure. I was disappointed with this read.