Customer Reviews

Year of The Crack Mom (The Cartel Publications Presents)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I thoroughly enjoyed "Year of the CrackMom". This story is real, gritty and down & dirty. There is no sugar coating the power of a crack addiction, and this author "V.J. Gotastory" does not shy away from the truth!!

Kaneesha and Jarvis are a couple struggling to make it. They both want a better life for themselves and Kaneesha's son Hysear. They move to a new neighborhood after their current landlord goes into foreclosure and are trying to make it work. Jarvis is soon hustlin' for local drug lord, a ruthless Jamaicaian named Stone. Kaneesha is soon friends with the neighborhood crack queen, Reds. Occassional coke sniffing soon lands both of Jarvis & Kaneesha into trouble as full fledged crack addicts. Reds, Jarvis and Kaneesha are smoking almost daily and Kaneesha soon finds getting high her number one priority, and soon she is loosing her good looks, her son and even Jarvis. Lies are told, drugs are stolen, beatdowns are given, sex is sold for drugs and crack is smoked in the pages of this 5 star MUST READ!!!

Book was not worth the money I paid for it, everyone is not called to be a writer. It was boring,to say the least.

If you know about the game it will send you tweekin'. If you don't know it gave too much detail. It's not gonna happen the tweaker runs off with the main dealer and no dealer is gonna play captain save em'. Kaneesha wasn't out there long and I doubt most will go through what she did and come out in such a short time frame. Cool written story and it gave a taste of what can and will happen if your "hooked". Many are in years later and don't look for no one to save you but God.

When I first discovered Crackmom I had some high expectation for this book,but
after reading it this book came up a little bit short & left me disappointed by
the end.Dont get it twisted despite the way I started this review Crackmom is a
decent well written book.The main characters Kaneesha & her boyfriend Jarvis go
to hell & back once they are introduced to crack & develope an addiction that
they can never satisfy.They loose there jobs,section 8 apt & self respect trying
to feed there habit on a dailt basis.Reds was a pregnant crack whore who knew
all the rules of the crack game & got money for her habit by any means necessary.
She befriends Kaneesha & the 2 women do what they have to do to get there next
hit.On the cover of the book it said this novel almost didn't get published
because it's so chilling,brutal & honest,dont believe the hype,this book reads
like an R rated movie,nothing more,nothing less.This is a very negative & sad
book but it's the perfect blueprint to what can happen to anyone who gets into
smoking crack but just like my review title says "Crack is Wack" period.

While I wanted more details and grittiness out of this book, it was still pretty good. This book does a good job of telling how some people slip into the life of a crackhead. The reviews and covers hyped it up to be so raw that you may not be able to get through the book. This was not the case at all. The book basically told the story of a young mother who was maintaining her life with her boyfriend and son. After learning that her boyfriend was a crack smoker, she too jumped on the bandwagon. As you already know, the rest from there was downhill. The book was pretty good. Nothing that those faint at heart can't read though.

This is nowe of the best books I have ever freakin read! It was so real it has to be a true story

This book was a decent read although I did have a hard time getting past all the errors and missing words.I had to fill in the blanks with quite a few sentences.I agree with another reviewer when stated that this was just another typical crackhead story.There was no wow factor and at times I felt the story was just dragging on.The real action finally picked up close to the end,but even that was predictable.The ending was ok but I guess I expected a lil bit more.I rate this book 3.5 stars.I also wish the author could have elaborated on Kaneesha's road to recovery.

I read the book in two days, which is unusual for my busy lifestyle. I just could not put it down. Kaneesha's journey reflects how many of us at, one time or the other, get distracted by the "bling bling" of immediate gratification, until we realize what is important in life ( faith, family.) The book's raw street poetry enhanced the story. Well done V.J.

Year of the crack Mom by V.J. Gotastory is one of the most extraordinary, raw and entertaining book I have had the pleasure of reading in a long, long time. This masterpiece kept my interest from the first page to the very end. I just couldn't put it down! Kaneesha journey through the drug world needs to be served as an eye opener for those who think they can just dabble in drugs and walk away when they want to. The things this young lady, her family and friends went through had me on the edge of my seat wondering WHAT ELSE could possibly go wrong now. For those who haven't read it yet get this bad boy ASAP!!! Great debut V.J. I eagerly anticipate you next book.

Marlene
Author of Island Beauty, Making it on my own and Babies daddies

I was leary at first to pick this one up because I never heard of this author, but I got it because it part of The Cartel. I'm happy and pleased that I made a good choice. This book went deep into the life of a crackhead who started out as a normal struggling mother. I was shocked at some of the things that occured in this novel, you just have to read it to understand. Good job V.J. I look forward to hearing more from you.