Streets of New York, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Anthony Mark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

After the mother of his child is brutally murdered, Promise takes on the tasks and responsibility of trying to raise his three-year old daughter by himself. Alone and in the tough position of being a single dad, Promise is forced to choose between being loyal to his crew with their life of crime and being true to his daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Q-Boro Books (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975306618
• ISBN-13: 978-0975306611
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,399,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Streets of New York, December 2, 2004

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Englishruler "ARC Book Club Inc. (www.ARCBOOK... (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streets of New York, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

S.O.N.Y volume 1 is the first of a trilogy written by best selling authors Anthony Whyte (Ghetto Girls), Mark Anthony (Paper Chasers, Dogism) and Erick S. Gray (Booty Call). The story focuses on life long friends Promise, Squeeze, Show and Pooh. Born and raised in the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y, these cats are focused on getting what they want from whoever is caught slipping, afterall that's what stick-up kids do!

The stakes have been raised for Promise who obtains full custody of his three year old daughter after her mother is brutally murdered. He must decide if he is going to continue in a lifestyle that threatens his daughters well being or pull out of his crew and risk losing his friends.

This book was broken down into three parts, each author being responsible for for one. 'Wild Side' written in third person gives us insight on Promise and his relationship with his daughter. 'Ride or Die Chick' written in first person female voice, proves to be the most exciting and well-written section.(Kudos to Mark Anthony....who said men can't write from a females perspective?) The final entry, 'One Block To Go', was written in first person male voice and was a tad confusing with the flashbacks of the speaking charactar.

This book held good rhythm up to 'One More Block' which I feel threw off the balance of the story. Without giving too much away, I feel "that charactar" should not have been "talking" at that point in the story. Also, many of the facts that the reader discovers are irrelevent at that time.

Overall, the story was entertaining. Despite minor typos (more so toward the end of the book), it held my attention. It will be interesting to see what direction the authors are going to take with Streets of New York Volume 2.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boulevard Issues????, November 30, 2004

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This review is from: Streets of New York, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

....anthony whyte (author of "ghetto girls", which i liked) should have not been last; the readers already know that he is dead - his story is out of sequence between the 3 authors....also his story content was not well organized either (he jumps from one scene back to another time and then back again - i felt like i was reading in a zig -zag)....he did get me to laugh out loud a few times.....another plus side of mr. whyte's narration is to find out that who really killed the character is not who i thought it was.(i really liked that),..but that's the only light he shed on the story content.

....erick gray (author of "booty call"), wrote part 1 of this volume, didn't have enough power in his words when narrating his story....i kept reading his story only because it was at the beginning of the book,..and i wanted to know how the story was going to play itself out....i felt no other incentives to turn the page when i read his narration.

...there were some typos in the book.


....in my opinion,there was only one story worth reading in the entire book.... that was the narration written by mark anthony (author of "paper chasers" and "dogism" --excellent books!)...this is the 1st i have read of mr. anthony writing in 1st person as the female voice ( another creative side of this author)...i give this book a 4 on the strength of the writing of mr.anthony....

...i applaud the efforts of these 3 men in their collaboration of their premiere presentation of a literary hip-hop saga.....
...i recognize & appreciate their 1st attempt and i would definitely buy and recommend to fellow readers to purchase this book as well as the next volumes to follow.

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD READ ,I ENJOYED IT TO !!!!!!, January 6, 2009

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SASSY SHAY "SHAY" (PHILLY,PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Streets of New York, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I ENJOYED THIS BOOK EVEN THOUGH IT WENT BACKWARD TOWARDS THE END. I AM INTRIGUED WITH WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN IN PART 2, SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE WAITING FOR IT!!!! I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING SOME IF NOT ALL OF THESE AUTHORS WORK. I WILL REFER OTHERS TO THIS BOOK, I SEE THAT ANOTHER BOOK (SAME TITLE ) ENCLUDING SHANNON HOLMES WILL BE COMING OUT SOON, I'LL EVEN CHECK THAT OUT,TO SEE WHAT CHANGES IF ANY WERE MADE.