UM, SHE’S STILL ALIVE!!! I WOULD HAVE SWORN SOME BLACK DUDE WOULD HAVE KILLED HER A LONG TIME AGO AS MUCH DUST SHE WAS KICKIN UP ABOUT THE BROTHAS…..

My girlfriend just finished this and she liked it! My fave of course is ‘No Disrespect’…

LOVED “COLDEST WINTER.” I AM HALFWAY THRU “MIDNIGHT” AND SOULJAH REALLY DID HER HOMEWORK ON ISLAMIC CULTURE. ITS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM AND THE SANTIAGO’S BUT THIS IS GOOD THOUGH. SOULJAH IS JUST AS SHARP AND DIRECT.

I HATE THAT SHE GAVE US AN IMAGE OF HIM THOUGH. I LIKE ‘MY’ MIDNIGHT BETTER- LMAO

not a good read at all. wonder why a movie for coldest winter ever wasn’t made.

@ 2. No Disrespect was the shit. I might have to go and buy “Midnight” though because I looooved The Coldest Winter, I read it sooo many years ago, and I know people who read it for the first timelike last year. I’m looking at them like Oh Em Gee, where have you been?

lol

What are you talking about #1? She wasn’t kickin’ up nothing that wasn’t the truth. No rappers have been killed yet for all the trash talking they do about women, no they’be been killed for their own foolishness which is probrably what Sister Souljah was talking about, lol…so sad but true-you can’t hide from the truth. Barack Obama has been elected president of the US so maybe he’ll inspire the brothas who need it-as we’ve recently learned anything is possible.

This is definitely going on my x-mas break reading list!!

I finished this book a week ago and I liked it, I think. It got a little crazy at the end and the last page had me going WTF? Anywho I would read the next book if there is one and I believe there will be.

I hate the pictures too my Midnight was way hotter. Then again he is only fourteen in the book.

Is the movie for the “Coldest Winter Ever” coming out any time soon??? We’ve waited 10yrs for this movie. SMH

OMG!! OMG!! I BEEN WAITIN’ ON THIS!! SHE’S HAD MY ASS IN LIMBO SO LONG SINCE “THE COLDEST WINTER EVER”(THAT’S MY SHIT), I MUST GO PURCHASE THIS ASAP!

OKAY, MAYBE NOT. I GUESS I GOT EXCITED TOO SOON. DIDN’T LOOK AT THE REVIEW

The Coldest Winter Ever will go down as one of the best books ever. I am going to have to get this one. I want to see the movie.

I can remember when I read the coldest winter ever. The book had me so wrapped up that I just read the whole thing the day I bought it. It was so good and Winter was so wild. I always wanted to hear more about Midnight sort of like his point of view of the same story and then whatever came next. She made him sound so fine and so strong in the first book. HONEYBOO!

I’m reading “The Coldest Winter Ever” right now lol, Kinda late but when the book came out I was only 9, so I wouldnt dare read something like this book then! Anyway, I want to read “Midnight”.

I Love Sista Souljah. The first book i read from her was “The Coldest Winter Ever” and i truly loved that book. Whoever has not read the book yet it’s definately not too late to do so! Her Second book “No Disrespect” is one of my Fav’s also. In this book she talked about alot of Real life Situations that We face as an African American People and i found this book to be really inspirational and Powerful. I recommend this book to anyone that love’s to read like myself and jus to anyone that is a fan of her work.

When “Midnight” came out i was sooo happy to go and get my copy and i thought that other people would feel the same way but that’s not how it was. I was reading some of the comments that the readers left on sites like Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com and i was really upset. The Readers were expecting the continuation to “The Coldest Winter Ever” and it just hurt me by reading the comments. Some people were down right Rude and Ugly,but hey I guess when it comes to someone as GREAT and POSITIVE as Siata Souljah is There will always be the Haters!!

She is a very positive person that has something REAL to talk about and i will always be a fan of her Work!!!!

*The Coldest Winter Ever” Movie would be Hot!! I know people were taliking about it Years and Years ago but i hope that she does decide to come out with a movie really soon. I would love that!!!!!!!

While reading the book I realized nothing was a surprise. Midnight followed a standard love story with little turmoil or drama. I would have liked to see him buck the path and fall for Sudana. This would have been a better outcome because we could have seen a struggle with his religious beliefs and the want for different love. However the minute he fell (blindly) in love with Akemi the book became boring and predictable. I started skipping sentences then whole paragraphs.

Within the book there is a lot of degrading comments on Black American women. Even to a point of saying that all Black Women in American have no class, uniqueness or common sense. This book gives you the impression that any women not of the Muslim faith is a waste of space on the earth. I am sure the audience Sista Souljah was trying to get to IS NOT the same readers of Coldest. If you want to feel beat down about being a Black American woman take a read (we have no hope by the book).

The big difference is Coldest was a page turner. Each chapter revealed something new about Winter and her needs. Midnight was boring and very generic. Even his interaction with the community could have been a bit more developed.

Oh only mention of Santiago is the Baller with the nicest car and the 24k baby show pendant. So faint it was almost unnecessary to mention.

We waited ten years to receive no stellar work. Very disappointed.

Yeah you are late ! LOL ! ! ! !
I heard that it has nothing to do with the Coldest Winter Ever so why in the hell they saying it is a sequel. I wonder about Winter sometimes ! ! ! !

Waste of money and precious time. Could have been better spent doing my nails.

#15, No Disrespect was her first book

AFTER READING THE COLDEST WINTER EVER AND NO DISRESPECT, I WAS ANXIOUS FOR MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT WASNT WHAT I EXPECTED I BELIEVE SISTER SOULJAH IS TRYING TO DEVELOP AN INTRODUCTION OF MORE PREQUAL AND SEQUALS TO COME DERIVING FROM THE COLDEST WINTER EVER. ALTHOUGH, THE BOOK STOPS AT MIDNIGHT BEING AGE 14, IF GIVES US INSIST TO WHY MIDNIGHT WAS SUCH A STRONG SOLIDER FOR SANTIAGO FAMILY. IT ALSO EXPLAINS ALOT WHY HE WOULD NEVER GIVE WINTER ANY PLAY!!! THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ!

Nice review #16, you should post that on borders/amazon too

@ #1. Jscene

What women fail to realize is that most men don’t listen or even care about the things that women like Souljah have to say…be it truth or extreme! It’s just like watching Oprah! Sister Souljah, Oprah, and Missy can say whatever they want to say! Men are more tuned into people like Katt Williams, Patrice O’neal, Louis KC and Tony Roberts!

I haven’t read this book in 10 yrs….remind me who was Midnight?

The book was long for no reason I felt that she gave to much detail where it wasn’t needed. The Akeni thing pissed me off I wanted him to get wit Bangs (I wont say to much about her cuz that would ruin the best part of the book) even with his beliefs she needed him way more. The end of the book has me calling SISTER SOULJAH everything but a sista I was heated I was expecting so much more and got well… CRAP!
512 pages and only about 100 were worth reading!

The sad part the publishing company needed to make money off of it. So why not mislead the public and say it was a prequel to the book. The one thing I dont like is Sister Souljah’s place in the black community and all she claims she stands for and she would allow them to mislead everyone. She could have easily put a blurb or the synopsis on the back stating that it has nothing to do with Winter or the Santiago’s instead she went along with it for money. We are all in a recession and people running out buying books and these authors are frauds, and that damn book is 20 something dollars! I am an avid reader have been for the last 15 years and theres only a select group of authors I make sure I purchase. Looking for good stories try Al-Saadiq Banks, Endy, Crystal Lacy, Winslow, Dywane Birch. I just read a new author out of Texas his name is R. Trent Rose really good story.

OMG!!!! I’m freaking happy! I always wondered about him (Midnight)…his character in the Coldest Winter Ever was very mysterious! But, Sister Souljah had me at ‘No Disrespect’ I was still in high school! After reading that book I was no longer in name brands I went straight ‘natural’ my whole attitude changed! I’m going to have to get this book as a treat for myself; last book I read was From Cornel West: Race Matters this will be a nice break from non fiction

Again, you had me at ‘No Disrespect’

Hold your horses people….

If you are looking for the “Sequel” to the Coldest Winter Ever, then this is not it…

This Book is in Re: To His life prior to the Santiago….

I still bought it but AOL black voices and other sites mislead hundreds of readers and now the book is getting bad review….

To each is own, but if your looking 4 WINTER its not happening!

I’m glad she’s still writing, i like her style. I will pick it up this weekend.

lol @ long for no reason…..Well I must say The Coldest Winter Ever is one of the best books ever written…. and i was expeccting a sequel to that…I’m still going to buy the new book of course because I am a fan. I saw Sister Souljah speak about 2 years ago…loved it…..but yea glad another book from her is finally out!

I am a fan of SIsta Souljah as well and yes No Disrespect and CWE was the isht but this book is pure d WACK i cant believe it was so wack i keep lookn 4 the plot the action the actual story line and there was none if I woulda know it was just going to be about a Muslim boy falln for a japenese girl boring boring yada yada i would have never read it the only good thing i got from the book was more knowledge of the Muslim religion and how they respect and honor there women we def need more of that over here in America because the way they treat their women is the way its suppose to be that was beautiful how he loved and honored his mom and waited until marriage 2 have sex with her

#16/MS TRUTH, why the hell are you telling us the whole story.

And I thought it was released on Nov. 8, but anyway I want to read it.

@ #9 (SexyQB) - I can’t believe we have been waiting that long for the movie. I still remember reading that HBO had given Jada the green light to proceed with the project. Wonder what happened with that? Glad to see I’m not the only one waiting on the ‘movie to nowhere’

Since its not a follow-up to the Coldest Winter Ever, I don’t think I will waste my money. I will look for it in the library or borrow from someone who is done reading it.

I LOVED COLDEST WINTER EVER…SHIT ACTUALLY HAD ME IN TEARS AT THE ENDING, IM A BIT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS ONE THO, IM WORRIED IT MIGHT BE TOO HOOD AND PREDICTABLE, PLEASE SOME1 TELL ME OTHERWISE B4 I BUY IT.

LMAO @ 31

I enjoyed reading her books in the past so no reason I wouldn’t check this one out…

Anyway, I think Sista Souljah tells it like it is about black women from her point of view and experiences and if you’ve ever heard her speak in the past nothing has changed about that. She feels very strongly and has always been very opinionated about her feelings about black women and the muslim religion nothing new there.

I’M NOT A REAL BOOK READER BUT MY FRIEND GAVE ME COLDEST WINTER TO READ. I LOVED IT! LOVED IT! I WISH SHE WOULD COME OUT WITH A MOVIE WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE IT!!!

but yea i to was waiting on the movie 4 the coldest winter ever i thought Jada was going to do something with that wouldnt it b great if she (jada) playd the crackhead mama and who would b winter maybe Lauren London but she would def need to take some acting classes lol anywho Midnight was a damn near 500page waste of paper i wouldnt read it again nor recommend it 2 any1 else

Damn!!! Ya’ll just dampen my spirit! But, if so many people are saying it’s a lackluster, I’ll just wait I’d rather save my mone$

I read Coldest so long ago, but I still remember that book vividly, and I still see Rosario Dawson in the role of Winter. I thought Will and Jada had purchase the movie rights to this book a long time ago. However, I don’t know that a movie could ever do the book justice if it didn’t stick closely to the original story line.

I’m going to buy and read Midnight - behind Winter, he was the character that intrigued me the most. I think it will be interested to see what made him the man he was in “Coldest Winter Ever.”

For those that don’t want to buy it, see if your local LIBRARY (remember those??) has it - *gone to check and put it on hold now*

It’s about time she came out with another book. The Coldest Winter Ever was my ish! And when she came to my school to talk, she brought the house down…had all of us feeling like we were little black “souljah’s!”

I think this book was phenomenal. It was very different and I wished that midnight would have found a black queen, but to each his own. Souljah put her foot in this one. I could barely put it down.

I finished this book 2 weeks ago and it was not a good read. 7 hours of my life in total wasted. The book had no real strong plot and it portrays Black American Women in a very negative. i really had no interest in reading a graphic sex scene involving 2 14yr old kids

#3, I, too, had my own image of Midnight :). #4, I rememeber a while back that Jada was supposed to produce and star in the movie, but that was just what I heard. I liked Midnight. It was different than what I expected but I still enjoyed it.

looooooved coldest winter ever ….now thats a movie i would have loved to see ….could not put the book down …. lol

this must be the coninutation of the character midnight in “The Coldest Winter Ever”. I can see why she did that because when he was telling his life story to Winter it sound like it was going to a continuation of his story being in a noverl. Well I’m interested and would like to read it!

I think there should be “the Coldest Winter Ever” part two. I would love to see whats up or what happened to Winter. She should be getting out of prison soon. Also I want to learn more about her sister because she was traveling in Winter footsteps when the book ended. I know her dad, Santiago, is still in prison, he had Life!!!

I always said I wish she would turn CWE into a book however I never knew so many people felt the same and Will and Jada actually wanted to do just that! I ‘m a bit skeptical about Midnight I usually never go off of another’s opinion whether something is good or bad but must admit Midnight was mad interesting in CWE so if this has nothing to do with it I don’t think I’m that interested

my bad I meant into a *movie* oops

There is not going to be a part 2 of the coldest winter ever! I bought midnight the day it came out, its good! but nothing like The coldest winter ever it only goes up to he turns 14 before he starts working with winter family the santiagos but he falls in love but the girls ends up getting taking away and he goes to look for her and that how it ends, so it looks like it will be another part 2 of the book midnight

I LOOOVE Sister Souljah…..she is a great writer….her and Mary Monroe are two of my fave story tellers. CL yall kick azz.

Then agaim I dont think COldest Winter Ever needs a sequel if its not gong to complete the story line. IE: Flyy Girl was my book too, but the sequel involving Tracy was not how I thought it should’ve been.

OH LET ME TELL YA’LL WHAT’S A GOOD READ!!!!!!!!

Let’s Talk About Pep
by Pepa from Salt n Pepa!!

OMG!!! I finished that book in 1 day….I’m a Salt-n-Pepa fan! And I learned soooo much about them as a group and her as an individual….Now that book is awesome!!

@ #1 are you slow?? Have you even read any of Sister Souljah books and did you even comprehend them?? Obviously not. She is one of the dopest most realest authors to date….ma plz get real.

#54….nobody cares…pepa need to keep her personal life…just that. PERSONAL.

Im scared for the movie. We know that too often that movies are never like the books they come from.

I LOVE SISTER SOULJAH!!!!

SHE JUST GETS IT! THROUGH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS & U CAN TELL SHE IS VERY INTUITIVE….. AND AT THE SAME TIME, GETS THE HOOD. UNDERSTANDS IT TO A TEE…. EVEN ALL THE DOPE GAME STUFF…. INCREDIBLE…. JUST THE MOST INTELLIGENT YOUNG BLACK FEMALE WRITER PERIOD.

I HEARD THAT WILL & JADA WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK ON THE COLDEST WINTER EVER MOVIE, BUT THAT WAS A WHILE BACK… I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT… WHO COULD U GUYS SEE PLAYING WINTER???

BACK THEN, I SAID TO MYSELF AALIYAH… CUZ THO SHE WASN’T EVIL, I’M SURE SHE COULD HAVE PLAYED THAT PART WITH HER GREAT ACTING & PLUS SHE WAS GORGEOUS ENOUGH TO PLAY WINTER’S CHARACTER…. BUT WITH TODAY’S YOUNG ACTRESSES, NOT SO SURE WHO NOW….

ANYWHO, I MOST DEF WILL COP MIDNIGHT… CUZ I HAD NO IDEA. GOOD LOOK, ANGEL!!!

AND NO ONE KNOW WTF #1 IS TALKIN ABOUT

LOL

@ M.Love- Mannnnn, PHUCK what Pep gotta say in her book. If she aint admitting to once being a man and how she overdoses on botox! I aint interested! With her old, manly ass! Ya’ll don’t see her hard ass face?! She look like a felon!

Even though this not my midnight on the cover, she is a very talented woman

WTF?!?!?! LMAO @ #60!!

#16 was on point with that review
#25 Preach on!! I cosign with you!!

The book was okay. It wasnt bad and it wasnt good. I read all different kinds of books and I have a lot of respect for Sistah Soulja but this just didnt work for me. I dont know if I was expecting more drama, a better plot or just an overall purpose but I must admit I was disappointed. Someone on the comments mentioned that they didnt want to read a sex scene between 14 year olds and thats real shyt. I will say that it was informative because I had no idea how muslims think and behave but I was a little hurt by the portrayal of black women. I dont wanna sound too negative and if you like to read you will enjoy the book for the simple fact that you can tell she did her research and you will learn so much about the Islam culture.

Overall C -

I’m reading this book now and I really like it so far. sister souljah is a very good author and she has a very fluid writing style that gets you caught up in a rapture of curiousity and mystery…I also think she promotes a deeper message in her writing and this book speaks about male responsibilty and to have a certain pride about your culture and respect for your own people…sister souljah is brilliant in my opinion!

I’m gon have to go Barnes and Noble and get it.

Thanks to all those that liked my book review #16. I am a “reader” I will stalk barnes & noble, amazon, and the library to catch a good read. I had realistic hopes for this book. I am not too sure if this book was written in haste but it is lacking some very important features. I hope that Sista Souljah will correct this with her next book. Usually reading the original (Coldest Winter Ever) can spark much needed direction and clarity.

I believe the deeper message in her writing and this book speaks about male responsibilty and to have a certain pride about your culture and respect for your own people…sister souljah is brilliant in my opinion!

I read all the time and it normally takes me no longer than 2 days to read a book. However this book too a full week for me to get through and I was determined to read it since I had spent my hard earned $20 on it.

To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement. I was very disgusted by the references made about black women and men. Although in some instances they may have been true statements, they do not apply to us all. And while I do know that this is a work of fiction, art does imitate life. The book lacked movement and momentum that was felt while reading Coldest so many years ago. By itself the book could be considered a decent (and I use this term loosely) read. However, by connecting the book to Coldest and using that as a marketing tool, Sista Soulja basically set me up for failure.

It is extremely hard for me to believe that a 7-15 yr old boy did all of the things that Midnight did plus did them for the reasons that he did. It is also equally hard for me to believe that this young boy who has been in America for several years is not majorly influenced by things that he sees or hears that go against what he was taught in Africa. Also, the communication gap between him and Akemi was not realistic to me. Sorry

Last but not least, there is a cliff hanger which means that she must plan to have a sequel. WHY??

Wow, I’ve wanted a sequel to “Winter” for so long I am disappointed indeed

Reading it right now… so funny I was gonna post about it after I was done….

Good Read so far

Wow, I just noticed someone is now posting under my screen name….I mean, not that I’m the only Mrs Jones lol But yeah

coldest winter was a masterpiece

I wanted to run out and buy this book. But I am glad I didn’t. Reading the inserts, there is nothing there about TCWE. I’ll wait til someone loans me the book. I will read it though because what MIdnight is saying (Amazon) is deep. Barack may be in office, but if it not in a MF to do anything positive, then it’s not in them. I don’t care who’s in the white house. I wish people realized this and stop putting so much pressure on Barack’s name.

OMG. CL is bout 2 weeks late. Lol. Here’s my story. I bought the book the same day it came out. Right after i voted for Obama, i went straíght to the bookstore. I was so excited. I went to read it and i couldnt even get through the fist 2 chapters. IT WAS A WASTE. I WAS SO SAD. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A FOLLOW UP OF CWE. IT WAS A MESS. SO I RETURNED IT AND GOT MY 23 DOLLARS BACK. SORRY SOULJAH. I WAS MISLEAD..

25-ac, ITS CALLED MARKETING! NO BIG DEAL GEEZ

ANYWAY I CANT WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON THIS BOOK

I HEARD ABOUT THIS BOOK FROM TIME ! THANKS CL FOR THE POST!

Man i been waiting on this ish…i heard about it back in september…..i cant wait to cop it it doesnt have to be a sequel to coldest winter,but then again i would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to read a sequel to it……but i have a feeling miss souljah isnt going to dissapoint me

#53 i totally agree….flyy girl 2 was NOTHING like it should have been ….that shit was boring and i didnt even get through it.

I read the book and sorry it is not a sequel to The Coldest Winter’s character MIDNIGHT.
Please read….. His mother and sister’s names are not identical. Neither are the Midnight character personas…….

yes sister souljah is back what! i read tcwe bout 4 years ago and was blown away i can’t wait to get my hands on this i’m going to read it in one night

The midnight I envisioned did NOT look like that….

Damn… I didn’t know she came out w/ a new book either. I’m not really into urban books anymore but since it’s her I might check it out.

I really have to wonder what the average IQ of the folks on this board. “Best book ever written”? You guys must be joking. I don’t have an ounce of respect for Sister S at all. This book is by no way an accurate depcition of the Muslim society.

I encourage you all to step away from these “gangsta” themed books and actually read something of substance.

CWE sold more than a million copies. I am sure the publishers and publicists had this in mind when they foisted Midnight off on the public as a sequel or prequel to the novel. This undercuts Sister Souljah’s credibility. The book is SO disrespectful of women and SO behind the times. She just idealizes the Midnights culture while glossing over the painful facts of life for women in that area. She ignores genital mutilation (cliterodectomy) in which the women lose part of their vagina so that they will not experience sexual desire. Women are ritually unclean. They are regarded as inferior in every way to men. Don’t get me started on tribalism. This is a big scam to part us from our money. Gas is down. The price of that book will buy several gallons of gas!

Omg! SISTA SOULJA can we please get a sequal to “The Coldest Winter Ever!” Like everyone else I read that book like six or seven years ago. It was around the time of Brandy’s Full Moon cd {which was on point} I recommend that everyone re-read that book listening to that cd it goes so well together! But back to the real issue, Sista Soulja you left us hanging on pen’s and needles trying to see what was going to happen to the whole Santiago Family. Guess what you haven’t delivered yet. If your not going to do the sequal or the movie, PLEASE LET US KNOW, PLEASE!
We have been fan’s of yours for a while, but your fan base is SLOWLY dying! Ms. Angel if you don’t mind can you use your connection or something to find out the real deal? Will she or will she not do a follow-up???

The Coldest Winter Ever hands down the best book I have ever read! Hands Down

i just finished reading “midnight” and was past disappointed to actually being disgusted by the end of it. i agree with the others who stated that the book is degrading to black females. what kind of sense does it make for african-american girls and women to be portrayed as mindless whores who are only interested in his looks when he goes and falls in love and marries someone who could only be interested in him because of his looks because they don’t speak any of the same languages and can spend practically no time together before they mysteriously fall in love. somehow, akemi isn’t seen as mindless and oversexed like every other black girl who also thinks he’s attractive because she’s asian…and perhaps because they’re language barrier allows him to maintain the macho dominance over a woman he believes is natural and ordered by allah.

ok, i won’t go on, but i will say that i was deeply disturbed by how this story glorifies women being treated as a man’s property and pigeonholes women to the domestic realm. furthermore, it was quite disturbing to read graphic accounts of teenage sex. i’m scare for my little sisters to read this.

“The Coldest Winter” was my shit. I sooooo wanted her to carry on the story of the Santiago’s behind bars or the story of Midnight getting married and adopting the younger siblings. The sibling that came to the Mom’s funeral decked out trying to be like Winter.

I might have to check this out though, I prefer a sequel to “Winter” though!

CL needs to hire someone to start a book club. That would be a nice little addition to the site. I LOVE to read all kinds of books and I don’t really have time to share info and insight with other peeps. I am a political science junkie so I read a lot of political books but I get in my Mary Monroe, Tracy Brown, Carl Webber in the mean time.

If you liked “The Coldest Winter Ever” you should check out “White Lines” by Tracy Brown.

Sup Loopers-Happy Monday!!

First- I really enjoyed reading all the comments from everyone, some had me really cracking up-Mickey’s “determined to get through it” had me giggling, because I’ve definitely been there and done that.

I’m a voracious book reader and can normally go through a book in about 1-3 days and CWE was a complete page turner. The mark of a good author is to make you feel like you’re there, I cried when Winter’s mom died, and I felt so sad when she went to see her dad and he refused the visit because he had nothing to offer her. So just for that reason I’m a big fan of SS. She makes you feel….

I agree with some of the other readers and I hate that she put a picture on the cover of her new book because the Midnight of your imagination or mine can be completely different, someone almost unreal. Also it can really conflict with your idea of beauty or handsomeness which gives you an almost negative or dissapointed vibe going in. Even as a boy the picture of Midnight in my mind doesn’t resemble the cover.

So I think that I’ll put this on hold at my local library, no harm no foul.

But you guys really made my morning-I love yall xoxo Thicky

The Book is Wick Whack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the book, very good, enjoyed the detail. Yes it wasn’t Coldest Winter Ever but nothing could be. It obvious this was a set up for more books to come, and I personally appreciate learning about Midnights early years. I think if you take Coldest Winter Ever out the equation you will thoroughly enjoy the story.

I was so excited when I heard there would be a sequel to the coldest winter ever. I was going to go out and buy that book again so I could remember the characters again. And be prepared to read midnight.

Instead when I got to borders I seen the whole set up especially for sista soulja book, midnight. And I wanted to get right into it.

I bought the book about five days ago, and usally I would be almost done reading a book. I am about 100 pages in and its soo boring. It seems to unrealistic about how midnight was the sole provider, and picked up his mom, at the age of 14. So far that’s all I’ve read..
I give this book two thumbs down and I would like to recruit some of my friends so I can use their thumbs and give it more thumbs down!

Iso does this mean that sista soulja will come out with a book solely baed on one character every year. If so please save us the trouble and don’t.

Did p. Shitty write this?

I want my money back. I hope borders accept it

I just got done readn this book i read all her books & i loved this one to
just hated how it ended lol i hope she makes a second part to it.. ima have 2 wait years lol

I honestly can’t believe people read these books. so ghetto and uneducational. I read the coldest winter ever when i was a teen and really, ghetto ghetto…..wont be reading any more of her books.

I think the book is a show-off of the fact that she is well-informed on different cultures. I like her and all but dayummmmm this book was boring. Real talk. I think she degraded black women more than some of these rappers do. I know that there are some things we need to work on as a people; just dont like the fact that she basically declared us hopeless. I guess us women have to cover up in hot a$$ clothes and allow our husbands to have more than 1 wife to be considered “worthy’.

Anyway(I digress), Dont waste your money on this book!

The sequel to the Coldest Winter Ever was to be about Winters sister. I met Sistah Soulja while she was writing it. Why it, has yet to hit the book stores? Who knows, maybe it will someday. Why the movie never got done? Somebody ask Jada. Writers don’t usually have a lot to do with screenplays of their books, other than giving some input. For those who say Midnight has nothing to do with the CWE, I can’t see how you can say that. It’s a prequel, not a sequel. It does appear that there will be another, and she could be gearing up to give us a whole series in the saga. This book gives the story of Midnight, when he first arrives in America at age 7. He gives his views about the people he meets in his Brooklyn neighborhood, and America in general. Yes, some of these views may make you feel like SS is dissin’ the black community, a bit worse than Bill Cosby. However, the story is being told through the eyes of a young man coming from a different culture. If you read the book, you might just learn something, and if you still feel angry, then maybe we need to take a look at ourselves.

Um, I just finished the book and let some of you all tell it it was horrible. Well I must say, it is nothin like the Coldest Winter, but it is awesome. I wonder if he had’ve been ghetto and ignorant would the people who didn’t like the book all of a sudden like the book more? Dont get me wrong, it kinda caught me off guard too, but honestly I like the fact that it was nothing like i expected it to be.
Oh yeah, and just because he chose a japanese woman does not mean that Souljah has lost her Black Card…open your minds and read the book once again
I just hope there’s a second book cause it kinda left me open for more info.
Sister Souljah is the best, every last one of her books are great.

I am half way thru with “midnight”. I mean its good but like many others i was expecting to see the more street hood side of him. I was upset about the pictures, it crushed me to see he doesnt look how i wanted him to. I am just being honest i really would of picked a different girk intrest but hey. I will be awaiting the next book. No more winter? No more Santiaga? you killing me sista!!!!! I’ll finish the book and come back

I think “Midnight” is brilliant. It is more of “what you need” instead of what you want…That is how I describe this book, it is definitely for the Kings and Queens having or seeking Knowledge of Self….A must read

The book Midnight was pretty good, although it was about Midnight and his life. I’m hoping that there will be another book starting where the coldest winter ever ended. Actually, Midnight could definitely be read before the Coldest winter ever. I might have to read it again just to tie the two books together. Not a bad book, but definitely not what I expected.

I read CWE when it first came out and I also bought the 10 year anniversary edition (someone stole my original copy) And in the anniversary edition Sister Souljah wrote that she was working on a sequel to CWE concentrating on the younger sister, Porche, as the main character. I am still waiting on that book. Come on Souljah, We need that book or at least the movie to the first one.

BTW #40 Rosarion Dawson could not play this role. Winter was not hispanic neither was her father (despite the name) Winter was described as being brown skinned not light skinned. Back in the day I thought of someone who looked like Stacey Dash or the young girl who played DMX little chick on the side in Belly. But now days I don’t know who could pull it off.

And #51 why would you go and ruin the entire book for someone who MIGHT want to go read it? Even if you didn’t like it someone else might want to read it without knowing what was going to happen. DANG!!!!!

I just finished reading the book Midnight. I have read the coldest winter ever 3 times. I am so disappointed in this book. It was terrible.