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Unbreakable
From the critically acclaimed author of Six Days in January and There’s Always a Reason, this eagerly anticipated novel follows one man’s emotional journey to find love and triumph over despair.
It’s Valentine’s Day; seven years ago, William McCall lost Linda Woodson—the woman who restored his faith and hope. Still grieving her death, he drowns his sorrows at a local bar in Manhattan, when a new woman enters his life…
Keisha Gray is a Michigan schoolteacher visiting the Big Apple, and when she first meets William, they bond over their shared love for Michael Jackson. Soon they connect over much more and set out on a journey to heal their broken pasts. William is still trying to get over his heartbreak, while Keisha is on a journey to rediscover her self-worth after the double murder of her parents. The couple travels through New York, South Carolina, and Michigan to sort through their pasts and renew their faith in God, life, and love.
Highly emotional and embedded with powerful messages, Unbreakable is a love ballad that explores adversity, human connection, and what it takes to heal a broken heart.
It’s Valentine’s Day; seven years ago, William McCall lost Linda Woodson—the woman who restored his faith and hope. Still grieving her death, he drowns his sorrows at a local bar in Manhattan, when a new woman enters his life…
Keisha Gray is a Michigan schoolteacher visiting the Big Apple, and when she first meets William, they bond over their shared love for Michael Jackson. Soon they connect over much more and set out on a journey to heal their broken pasts. William is still trying to get over his heartbreak, while Keisha is on a journey to rediscover her self-worth after the double murder of her parents. The couple travels through New York, South Carolina, and Michigan to sort through their pasts and renew their faith in God, life, and love.
Highly emotional and embedded with powerful messages, Unbreakable is a love ballad that explores adversity, human connection, and what it takes to heal a broken heart.
450 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 18, 2014
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March 28, 2014
Life Lessons revealed
Unbreakable was an interesting read for the most part. There were a lot of wonderful life lessons and insight throughout the book that I really enjoyed. The book took some unexpected twist and turns that left me in wanting more. I was skeptical at the beginning because the Epigraph threw me totally off. I felt that the fictitious dialogue between Michael Jackson and the Notorious B.I.G was a little unrealistic. It was corny for the most part. I just don’t buy Biggie and Michael Jackson dialoguing in the fashion that was authored in the book. However, I digressed.
The story line was less interesting that the life lessons and ideologies. The story line sometimes got lost behind these. A lot of movie and sport references were made to the point of distraction. It did not distract me from the book, but I occasionally forgot the story line. I kept reading because I really did enjoy the writing of the author otherwise. The book started off with William McCall spending Valentine’s Day mourning his girlfriend Linda who died 10 years prior with a Long Island Iced tea. He is nursing his wounds in his favorite bar when he meets Keisha Gray. Keisha has been in a relationship with her married beau Carl for over a decade. Finally, she has decided to end it but Carl is not taking no for an answer. Keisha has been plagued with tragedy. She lost her mother at the hands of his father who then turned and killed himself. William and Keisha take a road trip from New York to South Carolina where they spend over 12 hours in philosophical conversations and other side excursions until their world is turned upside down.
A few things that stood out to me aside from the poetic style of the writing were that certain scenes drug out a little too much. For example, the murder of her mother was not thoroughly thought out. After, being beaten to a pulp, having your ribs broken, and your face stomped to the point of hearing bones cracked any person would be unconscious at that point. However, in this case, the mother was still able to speak prior to the shot that ended it all, stating, “Think about the baby.” Also, the Michael Jackson “thing” was obsessive to say the least and I am a Michael Jackson fan. Also the mourning of a person that died 10 years ago is a sign of someone needing help. It’s hard to believe that he only got that depressed on Valentine’s Day. I feel that Content Editing would fix these quirks along with some of the drawn out philosophical rants which sometimes caused you to forget what the book was about. Overall, I would give the book 3 stars because the author clearly has skills. The book at times lost focus. However, it also had some twist and turns that had my mouth wide open. I recommend this book for sophisticated readers. New readers may lose interest quickly with this book. With better content editing, the book was similar to books I’ve read by Bebe Moore Campbell. It touches on a lot of great points.
Yolanda Maria
"Reviewed for the Sankofa Literary Society. Book provided by author or publisher for review purposes."
Unbreakable was an interesting read for the most part. There were a lot of wonderful life lessons and insight throughout the book that I really enjoyed. The book took some unexpected twist and turns that left me in wanting more. I was skeptical at the beginning because the Epigraph threw me totally off. I felt that the fictitious dialogue between Michael Jackson and the Notorious B.I.G was a little unrealistic. It was corny for the most part. I just don’t buy Biggie and Michael Jackson dialoguing in the fashion that was authored in the book. However, I digressed.
The story line was less interesting that the life lessons and ideologies. The story line sometimes got lost behind these. A lot of movie and sport references were made to the point of distraction. It did not distract me from the book, but I occasionally forgot the story line. I kept reading because I really did enjoy the writing of the author otherwise. The book started off with William McCall spending Valentine’s Day mourning his girlfriend Linda who died 10 years prior with a Long Island Iced tea. He is nursing his wounds in his favorite bar when he meets Keisha Gray. Keisha has been in a relationship with her married beau Carl for over a decade. Finally, she has decided to end it but Carl is not taking no for an answer. Keisha has been plagued with tragedy. She lost her mother at the hands of his father who then turned and killed himself. William and Keisha take a road trip from New York to South Carolina where they spend over 12 hours in philosophical conversations and other side excursions until their world is turned upside down.
A few things that stood out to me aside from the poetic style of the writing were that certain scenes drug out a little too much. For example, the murder of her mother was not thoroughly thought out. After, being beaten to a pulp, having your ribs broken, and your face stomped to the point of hearing bones cracked any person would be unconscious at that point. However, in this case, the mother was still able to speak prior to the shot that ended it all, stating, “Think about the baby.” Also, the Michael Jackson “thing” was obsessive to say the least and I am a Michael Jackson fan. Also the mourning of a person that died 10 years ago is a sign of someone needing help. It’s hard to believe that he only got that depressed on Valentine’s Day. I feel that Content Editing would fix these quirks along with some of the drawn out philosophical rants which sometimes caused you to forget what the book was about. Overall, I would give the book 3 stars because the author clearly has skills. The book at times lost focus. However, it also had some twist and turns that had my mouth wide open. I recommend this book for sophisticated readers. New readers may lose interest quickly with this book. With better content editing, the book was similar to books I’ve read by Bebe Moore Campbell. It touches on a lot of great points.
Yolanda Maria
"Reviewed for the Sankofa Literary Society. Book provided by author or publisher for review purposes."
August 24, 2014
What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
William McCall lost the love of his life seven years ago and he is still grieving. While drowning his sorrows at the local bar, he meets an interesting young lady. Keisha Gray, a teacher, is visiting her married lover for Valentine’s weekend. When she meets William she is instantly intrigued but realizes that her broken past has no room for an already fragile man. The two part ways but meet up again the next day. The pair embark on a road trip together from New York to South Carolina. Through their travels, they bond and realize they have more in common than they originally thought including a shared love for the music of Michael Jackson. Just as William and Keisha are ready to help each other heal, the past rears its ugly head. Will the two be able to continue on their path to love or will things fall apart?
William Frederick Cooper’s “Unbreakable” is nearly 450 pages long. However, the story could have been told in half the number of pages. It could have been a nice love story about two people picking up the pieces of their broken lives. Instead, the author spends a lot of time talking about politics, music, and other topics that have nothing to do with the plot. I really enjoyed reading about Keisha and her issues but became pretty bored with William. This is the third novel that centers on the main character William and perhaps if I had read the other two books, I would have been more interested in his story line. This was a long, confusing read that I struggled to get through.
Reviewed by Flashette
William McCall lost the love of his life seven years ago and he is still grieving. While drowning his sorrows at the local bar, he meets an interesting young lady. Keisha Gray, a teacher, is visiting her married lover for Valentine’s weekend. When she meets William she is instantly intrigued but realizes that her broken past has no room for an already fragile man. The two part ways but meet up again the next day. The pair embark on a road trip together from New York to South Carolina. Through their travels, they bond and realize they have more in common than they originally thought including a shared love for the music of Michael Jackson. Just as William and Keisha are ready to help each other heal, the past rears its ugly head. Will the two be able to continue on their path to love or will things fall apart?
William Frederick Cooper’s “Unbreakable” is nearly 450 pages long. However, the story could have been told in half the number of pages. It could have been a nice love story about two people picking up the pieces of their broken lives. Instead, the author spends a lot of time talking about politics, music, and other topics that have nothing to do with the plot. I really enjoyed reading about Keisha and her issues but became pretty bored with William. This is the third novel that centers on the main character William and perhaps if I had read the other two books, I would have been more interested in his story line. This was a long, confusing read that I struggled to get through.
Reviewed by Flashette
November 20, 2014
Unbreakable by William Frederick Cooper
This is the third installment that chronicles the life of William McCall and everything that makes him and how he has come to this point in his life. He has the love of his life and each year he goes through a mourning period. It is like he has a pity party of one. His pity party of one is interrupted this year. What will this interruption lead to? Will this stop his pity party of one?
As I started this story, I was for sure that I would be drawn in and the story would keep my attention. I was thinking as I read the introduction, that this would be a story for me to sink my teeth into. I was expecting passion to jump off the pages at me and that is not exactly what happened at all. It was as if I kept reading and waiting, reading and waiting, reading and waiting, only to be let down for the explosion did not occur. I was disappointed with this body of work. It was as if the author was prolonging the work with too many details. I love details and background information but at some point you have to cut to the chase and get to the meat of the story.
I give this story three stars for the prolonging of the work. I did not enjoy this story as much as I thought I would but I definitely saw the enormous effort on the author’s part.
Reviewed by LaLa Garrett for Literary Jewels
Format: Paperback
This is the third installment that chronicles the life of William McCall and everything that makes him and how he has come to this point in his life. He has the love of his life and each year he goes through a mourning period. It is like he has a pity party of one. His pity party of one is interrupted this year. What will this interruption lead to? Will this stop his pity party of one?
As I started this story, I was for sure that I would be drawn in and the story would keep my attention. I was thinking as I read the introduction, that this would be a story for me to sink my teeth into. I was expecting passion to jump off the pages at me and that is not exactly what happened at all. It was as if I kept reading and waiting, reading and waiting, reading and waiting, only to be let down for the explosion did not occur. I was disappointed with this body of work. It was as if the author was prolonging the work with too many details. I love details and background information but at some point you have to cut to the chase and get to the meat of the story.
I give this story three stars for the prolonging of the work. I did not enjoy this story as much as I thought I would but I definitely saw the enormous effort on the author’s part.
Reviewed by LaLa Garrett for Literary Jewels
Format: Paperback
April 20, 2014
What a story!!! William Fredrick Cooper has done it once again with a heartfelt story of William McCall. It's seven years later on the anniversary of Linda's death, and he's in a bar trying to forget as he does each anniversary,when another lady intervenes and asks for coffee. feeling a kindred spirit, enter Kendra Gray, a schoolteacher,with a sad past and even sadder present. She's come to town to end something but things grow crazy and in a roundabout way ends upon a journey down south and to Michigan but things get funky when the past comes back shattering a new found love. what a great book. now as some of you know, Coop is a die hard Michael Jackson fan,so his spirit reigns supreme here. The Balladeer still reigns!!!
April 22, 2014
This book was phenomenal!!! Emotionally gripping! And currently relevant!!! It explored the full spectrum of emotions in a real time scenario with characters that felt so real, the will feel like old friends. This is a heart felt book about what it means to love. In exploring it's pages,... you may well find yourself.
March 3, 2014
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June 17, 2014
This was a very good and well written book in my oponion there are quite a few people like william and keisha in the world
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