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Crack: Volume 2
In "Crack: Volume 2," Detective Jensen is thrown head first into the volatile world of prison politics. Ordered to go undercover inside the Willie Lynch Prison Complex, Detective Jensen sets out to solve a string of murders with links to an old nemesis. The closer he comes to solving the murders, the more he realizes that his life and the life of the woman he loves is in grave danger.
A massacre inside of Great Minds Studio pulls Damu back into the blood-soaked streets of Detroit. While he fights to hold his family together, he comes face to face with the ultimate betrayal. The violence of his past and uncertainty of his future threatens his sanity as he is embroiled in a war that spills over onto the prison yard.
In this sequel filled with violence, greed and deceit, the only thing that stands the test of time is loyalty and the unbreakable bonds of family love.
A massacre inside of Great Minds Studio pulls Damu back into the blood-soaked streets of Detroit. While he fights to hold his family together, he comes face to face with the ultimate betrayal. The violence of his past and uncertainty of his future threatens his sanity as he is embroiled in a war that spills over onto the prison yard.
In this sequel filled with violence, greed and deceit, the only thing that stands the test of time is loyalty and the unbreakable bonds of family love.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2011
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August 23, 2011
Damu is back everyone however, he's back on a different level. Due to loosing his soul mate,and realizing that life has more to offer than brothers taking brothers out due to the drug game in Detroit, he decides to venture off into the music business. Happy in the investment that he has made in his new rising recording artist Microphonics, drama takes place at Damu's music studio which results to him having to make some serious decisions. Just when Damu thought he was out of the game, it calls him right back.
Meanwhile, Detective Jensen and Dr Brooks relationship has evolved. Eager to return back to work, Detective Jensen is offered a very special and unique assignment that he decides to accept. New characters that enter the story line such as Warden Billups,Universal Law,and Scrap Metal keep the action going forcing the reader to read the book through out it's entirety.
February 12, 2012
Crack Can Be Good for You
Detective Jensen returns with “Crack Volume 2.” Well he doesn’t quite return as he’s now Officer Jensen after doing his job just a little too well. When the captain asks him to go undercover in the Willie Lynch Prison Complex as an inmate, he doesn’t hesitate to step up despite the imminent danger.
Also returning is Damu. He has launched a recoding label and studio in hopes of deterring the trend of violence in music, to restore hip-hop to its true essence and to provide job opportunities. However, a bloodbath at his studio, Great Minds, requires his immediate attention and problem solving skills.
The stakes are high for both men and failure is not an option as failure means death.
I hate to do it, but it’s one of the pitfalls of writing a sequel – comparisons. As a book and as a sequel, “Crack Volume 2” delivers in that it gives readers a complete and new story and not a retelling of volume one. It’s enough new story that it’s even possible for a reader to pick up part two without reading part one, though I wouldn’t advise it. But where C2 falters as a sequel is that it’s not as good as or better than its predecessor. Though I enjoyed it, I feel the writing and the story of book one were stronger. There is growth. I really appreciate the smoother transitions between the past and present. I also like that each chapter’s title was derived from a song to honor the individuals behind the music and it was very fitting with the book’s content. I, however, feel cheated with the character development and the rushed ending. Time and detail was spent building up the story only for a too quick, less detailed conclusion. And though I didn’t want a retelling of book one, a few reminders would have been helpful because at times I felt lost trying to remember what happened in book one to bring us to book two.
Shaka’s is a voice that stands out among many. He drops some gems in “Crack Volume 2” instead of simply providing an entertaining tale, which is sorely lacking in some of today’s books. A character in the book said it best. He was referring to music but this definitely applies to the book industry as well – “Nowadays it’s all about the glorification of violence and the degradation of women, and that’s sad.”
I look forward to Shaka’s next release.
Reviewed by: Toni
3.5 stars
Detective Jensen returns with “Crack Volume 2.” Well he doesn’t quite return as he’s now Officer Jensen after doing his job just a little too well. When the captain asks him to go undercover in the Willie Lynch Prison Complex as an inmate, he doesn’t hesitate to step up despite the imminent danger.
Also returning is Damu. He has launched a recoding label and studio in hopes of deterring the trend of violence in music, to restore hip-hop to its true essence and to provide job opportunities. However, a bloodbath at his studio, Great Minds, requires his immediate attention and problem solving skills.
The stakes are high for both men and failure is not an option as failure means death.
I hate to do it, but it’s one of the pitfalls of writing a sequel – comparisons. As a book and as a sequel, “Crack Volume 2” delivers in that it gives readers a complete and new story and not a retelling of volume one. It’s enough new story that it’s even possible for a reader to pick up part two without reading part one, though I wouldn’t advise it. But where C2 falters as a sequel is that it’s not as good as or better than its predecessor. Though I enjoyed it, I feel the writing and the story of book one were stronger. There is growth. I really appreciate the smoother transitions between the past and present. I also like that each chapter’s title was derived from a song to honor the individuals behind the music and it was very fitting with the book’s content. I, however, feel cheated with the character development and the rushed ending. Time and detail was spent building up the story only for a too quick, less detailed conclusion. And though I didn’t want a retelling of book one, a few reminders would have been helpful because at times I felt lost trying to remember what happened in book one to bring us to book two.
Shaka’s is a voice that stands out among many. He drops some gems in “Crack Volume 2” instead of simply providing an entertaining tale, which is sorely lacking in some of today’s books. A character in the book said it best. He was referring to music but this definitely applies to the book industry as well – “Nowadays it’s all about the glorification of violence and the degradation of women, and that’s sad.”
I look forward to Shaka’s next release.
Reviewed by: Toni
3.5 stars
May 31, 2011
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