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- ISBN: 9780802141446
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175 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
ALL NIGHT ALL DAY CRIPPIN IS THE ONLY WAY
MONSTER KODY IS A LEGEND
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 09, 2006 Type: User Review |
Good Book
this was a really good book to me. he had lots of love for being a gangster. at the end, he changes from the lifestyle. which makes it even better. if you want to read a good book. its worth buying to me.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 29, 2006 Type: User Review |
gang bangin in a new perspective
Monster is an amazing book written by Sanyika Shakur a.k.a. Monster Kody Scott. The realistic ness of his life style makes you feel like you're the one shooting some rollin' sixties; or sitting in a dark jail cell for days. The story starts with...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 14, 2006 Type: User Review |
Insightul, disturbing and ultimately unfulfilling.
I found Monster to be a very insightful look into the lives of L.A. gang-bangers. The detail and the callousness with which Shakur describes the abundant violence is particularly disturbing. The glib, even smug, manner in which he depicts his tale...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 14, 2006 Type: User Review |
America's Nightmare
I've read "Monster" at least three times since I purchased it when it first came out. Unlike many books telling tales from the underbelly of American street gangs, this one is well-written and follows a linear story line. It's worth a quick...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 28, 2006 Type: User Review |
Self-serving and poorly written...
I bought this book hoping to gain some insight into the mind of a violent criminal street gang member. What I found was page after page of Mr. Scott rationalizing his behavior, and in fact glamourizing the life of street gang members. After...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 21, 2006 Type: User Review |
Engrossing book
This book chronicles Monster Kody Scott's life as a 8 Tray Crip in LA. The first part of the books is his life in the gang; the middle of the books is his time spent in prison, and towards the end is when he becomes more of a black revolutionary...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2006 Type: User Review |
Sanyika Tells His Story
Monster is an auto-biography of the the ex-Eight Tray Crip member "Monster" Kody Scott, or as he's known now, Sanyika Shakur. This book sheds light on the harsh realities taking place in inner-city America, telling a story that few would most...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 04, 2006 Type: User Review |
Interesting but not insightful
Monster begins with Shakur's gang initiation (at age eleven), which he views as almost a natural reaction to the system of socioeconomic repression for children in the ghetto, and chronicles his ruthless rise to the O.G. status within that...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2006 Type: User Review |
My Baby Got Back!
My 16 month-old son thinks this book is the only book in the house. Every day, he picks it up, backs into me to sit in my lap, and puts the book in my hand to read. I've offered other books but he will have none of that. We read this one at least...
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5.00/5 |
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