Cheaters
by Eric Jerome Dickey
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Author: Eric Jerome DickeyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-01
ISBN: 0451203003
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: NAL Trade
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Book Review: moving on
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed reading this book. Although I felt there needed to be some closure to dawn and darnell's relationship, rather than walking out. maybe an argument or conversation about how he wants out of the marriage, then him actually walking out saying "not to look for him" verbally rather than written in a letter.
I was disappointed how darnell down played the support his wife had given him and characterized it as her nagging about what she did for him when she tried to express herself about being lonely. she supported him by taking on the financial burden while he was in law school, he said himself how she would help him study and encourage him in his accomplishment. darnell was selfish and disrespectful towards his wife. he decides he wants to pursue yet another career, expecting her to take on the burden of the household again. he never measured up of being a man to his wife. he neglected her emotionally. i would expect what any wife would, to have a husband, a man secure the household, rather than running around as if he has no care in the world.
some say he was a good man. not! what he did was cheat on his wife. he was no better than the rest of his friends. it is so easy to find comfort in something new and easy. marriage is not easy, but takes work and compromise.
i have no symphony for tammy, she is a homewrecker. if she really felt bad, she would have cut him off from the moment she found out he was married.
i don't understand why darnell just did not get a divorce from his wife since he found his so called soul mate. he respected her enough to begin the marriage, he should have respected her enough to let her know he wanted to move on. it disgusted me how he was in and out of the house going to see his other woman, without even denying it to his wife. instead he flaunted it in her face.
my ending would have them both walk away from the relationship and moving on without dawn seeming like a desperate woman to keep darnell. it should be noted how she moved on and had a successful career in real estate in ny. i wonder what will truly become of darnell and tammy. how much will their everlasting support last if one of them has to sacrafice their career over the other. somethings always gotta give.
Summary of Cheaters
Cheaters is the book that broke new ground for Eric Jerome Dickey, following the skyrocketing success of his first three #1 Blackboard bestsellers, Sister, Sister, Friends and Lovers, and Milk in My Coffee. Cheaters takes on a larger canvas and cast of characters, and fearlessly explores how bad even good people can sometimes behave in the game of love. It has earned Dickey even more loyal readers, and was chosen as Blackboard?s Best Book of the Year.
In Cheaters, Stephan loves em and leaves em, just like his daddy. Chanté thinks she?s found her dream man?until his wife and kids come banging on her door. Jake is a player?left with bad dreams he just can?t shake. Darnell is true to his wife...but the temptation?s getting tougher every day. Tammy is caught between the man she loves, and the woman he?s promised to. And while Karen lectures her friends about fooling around, she may not live up to her own high standards...
This is the world of Eric Jerome Dickey. It?s heart-wrenching and hilarious, smart and soulful, and as honest and recognizable as your own?and that of everyone who never loved you back.
After a brief detour to New York City for Milk in My Coffee, Eric Jerome Dickey returns to Southern California for his fourth multi-track African American love story. The main story is a "he said, she said" affair between Stephan Mitchell, a well-to-do young software designer who's determined not to let any one woman get in the way of his good time, and Chanté Marie Ellis, who's decided to start turning the tables on men who try to play her for a fool. From now on, she declares, "A dog gets what a dog gets... dogged." Dickey makes their road to romance extremely rocky; in addition to sorting out their own feelings for each other, both Stephan and Chanté have to contend with exes who have just gotten out of their lives. Meanwhile, Stephan's best friend, Darnell, is having problems with his marriage: he wants to be a writer, but his wife insists that he put aside the "hobby" to pay more attention to her. When he meets Chanté's friend Tammy, an up-and-coming actress-singer who not only understands Darnell's artistic passion but encourages him, his commitment to marital fidelity is pushed to the limit.
As always, Dickey shows that he's on top of the current scene, peppering his characters' lives with the latest in black fashion and culture (if you ever find yourself driving in the Los Angeles area, you'll know exactly what your radio presets should be). Although the ending might be a little too neatly wrapped up, you'll never know before you get there whether the next chapter's going to contain romance, comedy, heartache--or maybe a little of each. Dickey's at the top of his form in Cheaters, establishing yet another credential for his status at the top of the contemporary urban romance heap. --Ron Hogan
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