i loved the book - just needed to say that again. reminds me of ejd before "drive me crazy" (which I still haven't finished reading).
i love the way the characters interconnected with each other.
keith - i think keith found a way to blame everyone else for the situation he was in, except himself. instead of fighting for the woman he loved he just settled for carmen. i know he was trying to do what was right for his daughter, but did he really think moving back in would help destiny?
destiny - man! she was just so lost. her parents didn't listen to her and didn't spend any quality time with her. it was always about them and their drama. it's like she had three personalities - one with her grandparents, one with her parents, and another for the streets. maybe she did so she could survive living with keith and carmen. i was shocked when she threw the brick through billie's window - but dayum, when she cut up rahims neice, threw clorox in goldies face, and beat up the other's girls sister, and then shot Mo - i was like WHOA
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carmen - at first i didn't understand why carmen acted like she did - but then her mother/father were introduced. the scene before she was taken to the hospital was classic. i knew she was crazy before - but that's when i REALLY knew.
billie - i loved her character from the beginning. i only hate that she kept going back to keith - especially after he told her he was going back to carmen. but -like others- i'm glad she finally saw that in the end, if she and keith stayed together she'd end up bitter and desperate like carmen.