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Swamp Man

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I read this book in two days. It was a good book but the whole book was so sad I just cant believe that the main character George would allow these men the Jones boys to continuously rape his sister once a week for 2 years its bad enough that they gave her the spanish fly (farmers use this to mate cattle) drink that made her go crazy but on top of that they were bold enough to come around once a week and rape her over and over again for 2 years unbelievable i was cringing though this whole book

This is the eighth book tht I've read from Goines and by far, the most disturbing. Had I read this book first, I would've never picked up another. It's not that he's a bad writer because he is really really good (great dialogue, great plots, intriguing characters when he diversifies them), but all his topics drain me out. Reading about a rape for about sixty percent of the book should drain the average person out. Reading about a situation where the father is murdered is one thing, but the two men in her life turtle-walking to revenge is another. I don't even understand what Goines expects to accomplish with this book besides upsetting people. Not one positive thing came from this book and I know all books don't necessarily have happy endings, but I didn't even learn anything from this book. Then again, none of the other books did either, so why am I surprised? I've had enough of reading this author!

I wasn't too crazy about this one. Goines usually sets his stories in the inner-city, but he decided to go into the swamps of Mississippi for this one. George(Swamp Man) watches his little sister get brutally raped at the hands of some white boys, and he slowly plots his revenge. Some of the scenes in the book will disturb you. I've read all 16 of his books, and this was the last I read and thought I had read it all until I read this.

Swamp Man was a very good book to read but was surprisingly different from other D.G. books. great storyline although the ending seem as though the book was rushed to a close. The story is not very long and i believe there couldve been alot more to the ending. but overall its a good book

This book is gretty and likeable like alot of his books. To summarize it really wuick. It starts off well and very detailed. However it ends with no real conclusion. Not that it was supposed to however it just came off really quickly and the last chapter seemed to have been written rather quickly and seemed too unreal and cliche compared to the opening to midway between the book.

Swamp man is the fourth Donald Goines book I've read and like the other books, the story is too good to put down. The way the characters in this book use different racist slang towards the black people in this town (I lost count at four) was a realistic view of people in the south at the time. It was sad to read what happened to his sister and how she was brutally raped over and over again by men who had no heart at all. I wish that the ending could have ended on a happier note, but this Donald Goines we're talking about. There is no happy note at the end of his books... Just reality.

As with all of Donald Goines books, this one is great too... everyone should check it out!