Someone to Catch My Drift by Jacqueline Powell
By Yasmin Coleman • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002 •
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Someone To Catch My Drift at more than 400 pages is a thick debut novel from Jacqueline Powell. The story is well-told, engaging, entertaining and at times just downright ridiculous…however, it still comes across as just another “He Say, She Say” relationship novel. Told in alternating voices of the two primary characters, Powell gives us Her Story (Nakai) and His Story (Robert). Nakai and Robert both have issues. Nakai has a knack for picking the wrong man ALL the time. Robert thinks he’s a Mack Brother who needs more than one woman to satisfy the itch in his pants. Both of them have low self-esteem which is the root of their EVERY problem. Why they stay together and how they stay together is anyone’s guess.
STCMD is a well written and engaging story but no new territory is chartered. Early on the reader quickly predicts how the story is going to end. There were no shocking or surprising plot twists and turns. However, I do give the author credit for developing characters that got under your skin and annoyed the hell out of you! If this was her objective she was definitely successful. Jacqueline Powell demonstrates that she’s an excellent writer and has the skills to write an outstanding story. For those who like “He She, She Say” reads then I highly recommend STCMD. As for me, I would like to read future novels by Powell, but I hope she’s able to think outside of the box and give me a little more intrigue and suspense with her next novel.
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Yasmin Coleman is a literary publicist and promoter, book reviewer and founder of APOOO Books and BookClub. In 2000, she founded APOOO, www.apooobooks.com, an online author and reader community dedicated to advancing African-American literature.
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Nice review Yasmin.
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Thanks Dera…I need to add that this one is from the 2002 archives.
Funny, I ‘ve had this book since it came out and I read it then. So I picked it up to read again, and I love it all over again. (it’s like reading it the first time; partly because it’s been so long I’ve forgotten everything about it
So I was searching to see if this author had any more books out, and found this review… Just commenting because I love black authors especially female authors. Thanks.