True to the Game

True to the Game #1

by Teri Woods

It's the late 1980s, and Gena, a young girl from the projects, meets Quadir, a millionaire drug dealer, and falls madly in love. Quadir builds a massive empire while fighting his rivals and enemies. Gena faces the challenges of holding onto her man, her house, her car, and the cash. Both of them find themselves caught up in a vicious yet seductive world, and learn that success in this game is no easy win. Gena and Quadir also learn
that once you're in, there's no way out, 'cause everyone stays in forever....True.

Genres: Urban, Fiction, African American, Romance, Crime, Drama, Adult

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1998

About the author

True to the Game by author and publisher Teri Woods has been undisputedly titled a classic. While working as a legal secretary for a law firm and juggling motherhood in Philadelphia, PA, Teri Woods completed her first novel, True to the Game. Teri Woods submitted her story over a period of six years to more than 20 different publishers, all of whom rejected her. When major publishing houses refused to embrace True to the Game she wasn’t discouraged. In 1998 instead of giving up, Teri Woods printed, bound, self-published and began selling hand to hand her first book True to the Game. . . . Her grassroots tactic paid off; Teri Woods became a self-made millionaire in just three years selling her novel, True to the Game. She landed a major motion picture deal for the book as well. With the release of True to the Game, Teri Woods has reinvigorated the urban fiction market and created a growing trend in publishing.
--from the author's website

Reviews

[Diane Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous series! incredible writing,this book was engaging and had a nicely developed cast of characters..recommend (paperback!)

[Abyssinia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the book because I think that it showed the consequences of being a drug dealer. It showed that being "true to the game" would leave you dead, or paralyzed.

But I had a problem with all of the grammatical errors that showed up in the book. Also some of the things that the characters would say was a little repetitive.

I also wanted Gena to learn more by the end of the book. I wanted her to learn that she needs to get away from the game. Because it may bring wealth and material things, but in the end it leaves tragedy and despair.

Plus I hate the ongoing theme in urban literature where the guy cheats on his girlfriend all the time, but the author still praises him like he loves the girl anyway. I don't completely doubt Qua's love for Gena. But if the author really wanted me to believe that Q loved Gena beyond any doubt, then he should have been faithful to her.

[Terry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars and that is being generous. How did this book make it to the top when they are so many well-written writers who go unnoticed? I have no earthly ideal. If Teri Wood can make it as a so called writer, and be well received with accolades, any one can. Gena is one of the most underdeveloped characters I have read; and what was so special about Quadir? That he sells drugs to his own people and is rich because of that. The plot in the beginning was all over the place. I like street fiction when the characters are developed and there is a lesson and good story line. This was trash! So mad I picked it up because of all the rave reviews I'd read. And they said Teri Woods is the new generation's voice from the street. If this is true we are in serious trouble.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'VE JUST COMPLETED READING A BOOK CALLED,"TRUE TO THE GAME".WHICH IS ABOUT A WOMEN NAMED GENA WHO HAS HAD A RECENT RELATIONSHIP WERE SHE WAS ABUSED BY A MAN NAMED JAMAL,SO SHE LEFT HIM FOR A MILLIONAIRE NAMED QUADIR WHO HAD IT ALL GOOD LOOKS,MONEY,JEWELS JUST EVERYTHING HE WAS A DREAM MAN A FANTASY.SHE HAD MET HIM AT NIGHT CLUB OUT OF TOWN WITH HER BESTFREIND SAHIRA WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED DURING THE READING WHICH WAS A HEART BREAKING MOMENT. A LIL AFTER HER FRIEND WAS MURDERED WHEN SHE THOUGHT LIFE COULD'NT GET ANY TOUGHER HER 1 IN A MILIION DREAM GUY'S LIFE HAD BEEN TOOKEN NOW SHE DOESNT KNOW WAT TO DO JUST WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE HAS HAD THE PEFECT LIFE

[Nanette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this as part of my library's Urban Fiction genre study.

Years ago, when I took a library school class on adult popular fiction, I had to read two westerns. One of them was Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. It wasn't the best book I've ever read, but it was very entertaining, and it contained all the elements I expected to find in the genre: cattle stampedes! Tumbleweeds! A damsel in distress! A villain who, literally, wore a black hat!

I feel the same way about True to the Game. It's not the best book I've ever read, but it was consistently entertaining, and it contained all of the elements I expected to find in the genre (plus a cat named Gucci).

I'd call this a rags-to-riches story, but Gena's not the sort of woman who would ever wear rags, so it's more of a projects-to-Main Line (then back to the projects then back to the Main Line again) story. In the beginning, Gena has a good-for-nothing boyfriend, a flirtatious best friend, and a desire to make a better life for herself. When she meets Quadir on an excursion to New York City, she's intrigued, and when she gets to know him, they fall passionately in love. Quadir is Philadelphia's coke kingpin, and he's got enough disposable income to give Gena the life she's always wanted. Making the kind of money that Quadir makes puts a person in a lot of danger, and there's an upstart gang who wants a bigger piece of the drug-dealing pie.

So there's a tough-but-tender heroine, a hero who, given the chance, really just wants to be a dentist, a grandmother (Gah Git) who is the mother to an entire neighborhood worth of children, a variety of associates and hangers-on who want their piece of the good life, and villains who want to get in the way of Gena and Quadir's happiness. Woods does a good job capturing the atmosphere of the streets and the varied relationships that develop between the characters.

It's easy to decry urban fiction as literature that reinforces illegal behavior. I disagree. Woods doesn't glamorize the facts of these characters' lives. What they do and how they live is dangerous. It could get you shot. It could get you killed. It's one thing to have millions of dollars stashed away in a safe, but that money means nothing if you're dead--and that's a point that's conveyed very effectively in this book. It's up to the individual to decide if the game is worth the risk.

[K. Sherrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It felt just like the very first time

I red this book what now seems like a lifetime ago and it always been in my top 5 list of classics.

With the movie scheduled to come out in a few days, my bookclub decided to read so we can compare and from page one I was sucked completely in all over again.

There were a few things I felt different about this time around such as Gena and Qua's love. Back in the day I thought they were everything together, now with age and wisdom under my belt I found myself feeling more sorry for Gena than anything. True enough Qua took EXCEPTIONAL care of her but can we REALLY say he loved this girl?

All in all it was still an amazing story of love, heartbreak and life being sooo blue. I absolutely can't wait to finish the trilogy AND see the movie. I'm praying that they do it justice but if they don't I won't even be mad because I can always come back to this book that will forever be classically TRUE TO THE GAME

My name is K Sherrie
And I recommend this read

[Janeé · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book, finally, because I always heard good reviews about it. I honestly do not see why. The main character had no development throughout the book. She seemed to only care about money and how to maintain her lifestyle. The writing was going back and forth from different points of view often jumping around making it read like a school aged story. Maybe If I was eighteen I could appreciate this novel a little more. (It was such a simple read that I was able to finish it in less than 24 hours.)

[MissBecka Gee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the whirlwind love story for Gena & Quadir, and wish that had been more of the focus for this book.
All the side stories/characters pull focus and didn't really have any impact on Gena & Quadir's story.
We could have gotten to the same conclusion without all the other bits and it would have been much more enjoyable getting there.
The whole forty storyline/court case was completely unnecessary and far too much time was wasted on it. There were other bits too, but that one was driving me bananas.
I like Teri Woods' style and am intrigued enough to check out book two.

[3Dyneisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was about twelve years old I was in the Philadelphia Library in search of a book for school. Scanning the shelves I came across an aisle dedicated to African American Fiction Novels. The first book I laid eyes on was “True To The Game” by Teri Woods. The book cover was a plain black paperback with a set of dice on the bottom and the words TRUE TO THE GAME in big bold white letters. The book cover was very simple not eye grabbing but the title made me want to see what it was about.
True to the Game was an urban tale about the drug game during the late 1980’s in the city of Philadelphia. The main characters Gena and Quadir find themselves caught in a vicious, yet seductive world of drugs and money. The price of fancy living can be expensive at time and deadly. In Gena’s case she must deal with the abuse from her then boyfriend Jalil who paid all her bills, provided her with money, jewelry and kept her in the latest fashion.
This lifestyle soon became only a memory to Gena when she meets Quadir aka “Qua” one night in Harlem. Quadir a million dollar drug dealer sweeps Gena off her feet with a trip to Jamaica. They haven’t separated since. But all stories can’t have a happy ending. Quadir is faced with the art of extortion brought upon by the notorious Junior Mafia. With Quadir at war with the Junior Mafia, Gena is forced to hold her man down, their house, their cars, and his MONEY. With everything at stake they both must stay on top of their game and win. But all is tainted when Gena and Quadir join a party thrown by a close friend. Gunshots are fired bodies were dropped and lives were lost and among them were Quadir.
Gena is forced to watch the love of her life die and with him goes all her faith. Gena is lost now without Qua. His mother took back the Minnie mansion they once shared. She took the cars and left Gena for dead. Gena didn’t accept any handouts. Gena return to the projects with her Grandmother and started from scratch. One day Gena received mail. It was a bill to an unknown address. Gena visited the apartment and recognized it immediately as the one Quadir visited periodically. Using the key Gena entered the complex. As she toured the apartment she came across a closet with steel safes built into them. Calling up a locksmith Gena revealed Quadir millions of dollars. She found his hidden treasure but what would she do with it? Who could she tell? Who could she trust? No one. Bagging up the millions Gena climbed in her Mercedes jumped on the Ben Franklin Bridge. She prepared to leave Philly and never return. But some one has other plans for her.
True to the game was one of my very first urban novels I read. It set the standard high for any other urban books. True to the game was a page turning book. It had drama, it was realistic, and told a love story. All qualities an urban book should contain.
True to the Game was really a drama filled book. The arguments and the emotional dialogue kept me intrigued.
She walked over to the jeep and knocked on the glass window. Jamal jumped out of what looked like a very uncomfortable sleeping position.
"Where the fuck you been?"
Gena just looked at him, as if she didn't know what he was talking about.
"I spent the night over Sahirah's, Jamal."
"Oh, that gold-diggin' bitch with the matching hat and shovel?" Climbing out of the jeep, he continued, "I thought I told you I didn't want you hanging around her!"
"I know what you told me, Jamal, but this is a free country and I can do what I ..." The words were lost as her body made its way to the pavement with the force of Jamal's backhand.” The drama in this book kept me glued to the chair. Every chapter in True To The Game had drama. It went from Gena’s abusive relationship, to the death of her best friend Sahirah, then her relationship with Quadir. The drama kept me on edge. Hungry for more. The production in the book is only one reason why I loved True to the Game.
True To the Game was such a realistic book. Nothing was sugar coated. Everything was real and gutter. The streets were described to a T. They had real life gang groups in the book and the time frame was on point. The way Teri Woods put life in Gena and Quadir made them appear to be real life people. Their problems were the same like any other couple. They weren’t like other characters in books I read. Teri gave them life. They were raised in the projects; they had to deal with poverty, tragedies and hardships. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine them. Instead of Teri idealizing the picture of life of a “hustler” and his wife she represented life as it really is. She made it seeable. This is another reason why I liked this book.
“Quadir studied Gena as though he'd just been introduced to a goddess. My name is Quadir." From their meeting I was in love with the book. When reading True to the game the love story it shared was “So Blue” as Gena would say. Gena and Quadir relationship was like the urban Bonnie and Clyde or Romeo and Juliet. True to the Game told the love story of two people stuck in a hateful filled world. The love in this story was so real it had me wishing I had somebody to love me like that. When Gena and Quadir went to Jamaica for their first date they made love on a white sand beach where the waves crashed against their skin. Gena would write Quadir love poems when he went out to “work” and they’d sit in their mansion cuddled up in front of the fireplace staring in each other eyes. Cute right? I became so attach to their relationship that when Quadir died I cried reading how Gena broke down. The love story True to the Game told is the last reason why I loved it!
In conclusion, True to the Game was the best book I’ve ever read, it is definitely a must read book. I loved True to the Game so much I read it six times. Teri Woods really set the standards for urban authors. Teri Woods “True to the Game” was a page-turner. It had drama, it was realistic, and it told a love story. I Loved This Book!

[Oridisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, this gangsta book made me feel like I was right there in the story while I was reading it.

[KayBee's Bookshelf · Rating 2 out of 5]

Superficial tale of money, "love(as long as the money lasted)" and hood fame
I listened to the book on audible. I was a bit disappointed. I do like a good "street lit" book. They are gritty, raw and take you on a ride you won't forget. This one fell short for me.

The characters were extremely superficial. This made it hard to believe the deep and soul shattering love between the 2 primaries. While we were told that Gina and Quadar had this amazing , deep connection and love for one another, it was not evident in their interactions with one another nor with their individual thoughts about each other. One minute Gina was on relationship "probation", because she was untrustworthy. A few paragraphs later, she was in Quadar's private apartment and they were mad about each other. As with a few other points in the story, the telling of how Q & Gina made a connection was glossed over and had you wondering if there was audio or pages missing. Gina and the other females in the story were all money hungry and lusted for street fame by snagging a "baller". Telling a reader that 2 people had love and loyalty for each other is different than showing the reader. I did not see a love for the men or themselves. My book club is listening to the trilogy. I hope book 2 has "meat".

[Diane Rembert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A college student named Gena finds herself in an abusive relationship, but one fateful night puts an end to all when she meets a well-known street guy named Quadir. Along with the love and support from her family and best friend Sahirah, she presses forward to what can only be described as a whirlwind romance. But, along with romance comes envy and jealousy.

Quadir is not only known for his major role in the streets, but his love of women as well. That all changes when he begins to fall in love with Gena. He even considers giving up the fast life, although others try to pull him back in.

This classic novel by @teriwoodsbooks is book one of a trilogy that has been adapted to a big screen movie. It is full of drama, sex, drugs and murder. I remember reading the entire page-turrning series in one day as I traveled on Amtrak from South Carolina to New Jersey. I recommend this 💎💎💎💎💎 book (before you watch the movie) and highly recommend the series.

[Carol Hornsby-mccoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw the movie from book one and two. Bothe were so dang good, I just knew it was more to the stories. So before I read book three and watch the movie I want to read the books to see what I missed out on. Awesome, I’d read the book any day. That’s not to say the movies didn’t do a good job, because honestly, the movies did the book justice. I love the way the author made me come along for the ride with Quadir and Gena. Yes the drug life is no joke. I’m just grateful to experience it through the eyes of the author and not in my real life. Awesome job. Cant wait to finish the Trilogy.

[Shaleena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This my second time reading this series of True to the game. I actually read the original book she first wrote this time. It was very close to the newer version of the boook. What I can say that there part that were new to me like I don't remember her being beating up by her boyfriend Jamal, the trial with Forty, the way she was dressed for her party was different, Black and his girl pam. But the fable version was pretty good. So that everyone is clear there is two version to this book.

[Ty Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trash...no plot and I couldn't really connect to any of the characters. They were too ignorant for me. But I was never into the drug game. I don't mind chasing women but these guys were dogging these women and the women were seriously just after money. Boring. Worse was how shallow everyone was. There's more to life than money. You can't take money with you after you're dead. You can't take jewelry with you when you're gone. You can't take any of that material nonsense with you.

[ReadnliftwithShar · Rating 5 out of 5]

🔥

The way that I devoured this series is not even funny! Literally Quadir is that dude.. like, there’s nothing left to be said. I loved that there was so many twists with this storyline, it was never a dull moment. I think the last 70% or so I wasn’t even breathing 😂😬. Awesome series!

[*~CONN!3~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This read had me in tears...excellent read...classic

[Sasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book im reviewing today is True To The Game by Teri Woods. It's a fiction story. Woods main theme in True To The Game is that people really change for the people they love and not everyone is so trustworthy as you thought. Money isnt everything in the world.

True To The Game is based in Philly, a girl named Gena from the projects met Quadir, in Harlem. The main character Gena finds herself in love with Quadir, a millionaire from being in the drug game faced with many problems but through it all Gena stayed by his side.

The book was great I especially liked that it was like so real. However, its not different from life now because now a days they show on the news people getting killed over drug related things and movies like "American Gangster" showing how he had other people do his dirty work so he wont get caught just like in True To The Game. My favorite character is Quadir, the millionaire drug dealer who was a person who was about his business but took are of the people he loved and trusted no one with some things he was a very humble person.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books that are fiction repasenting the game as well as life in the streets. If you like B-More Careful you'll love True To The Game because basically its like the same type of things happen in these books.

[Shatana Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book have you like WOOOW!!!!!!Anybody that have not read this book needs to ASAP!!!!

[Patrice smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good. Book

Very good book i would recommend getting this book. I'm getting the 2&3book love it . C in inn i

[S. Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm SOOOOOOOOO GLAD that I READ THE BOOK BEFORE IT BECAME A (MADE FOR TV) MOVIE BECAUSE IN THE BOOK EVERYTHING IS HOW IT HAD BEEN WRITTEN, UNLIKE IN THE MOVIES.
I LIKED QUADIR & GENA TOGETHER. BUT WHEN HIS EX-GF KEPT BRAGGING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER, NOT GENA, I FELT LIKE THERE HAD TO BE SOME TRUTH TO WHAT THE CHICK WAS SAYING, & FOR GENA TO THINK THAT THE SIDE-CHICK WAS LYING AND SIMPLY JEALOUS, MADE HER SEEM VERY NAIVE AND A LITTLE DUMB.
FUNNY HOW QUADIR MEETING HER GRANDMOTHER GOT-GET CHANGED HOW QUADIR HAD BEEN VIEWED BY GENA.
ALSO, GENA'S COUSINS WERE TRYNNA GROW UP TOO SOON & FOR GENA TO SEEM TO LOOK DOWN ON THEM, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SHE REALLY WASN'T MUCH BETTER, HAVING BEEN SLIGHTLY PROMISCUOUS BEFORE MEETING QUADIR.
I WASN'T SURPRISED AT ALL FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO QUADIR--SEEMED AS THOUGH I'D READ A SIMILAR SCENE LIKE IT IN A BOOK SERIES THAT I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH CALLED THE P*SSY TRAP (WHERE KOKO 'LOST' HER DRUG DEALING MAN KAYSON IN A SIMILAR SCENE)BY NE NE CAPRI IN 2011.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE SERIES WAS THAT AFTER GENA MOVED IN WITH QUADIR, ALL SHE SEEMED TO DO WAS BUY FURNITURE FOR THE CRIB OR SHOP FOR HERSELF, DESPITE SUPPOSEDLY BEING COLLEGE-DRIVEN LIKE SHE HAD BEEN RE-WRITTEN TO HAD BEEN IN THE MOVIE.
BEING FROM THE PROJECTS IN PHILLY, GENA SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT FOLKS WHO ARE A PART OF WHAT QUADIR WAS INVOLVED IN HAVE J.O.E. S(JEALOUS ONE'S ENVY) AROUND NEARLY EVERY CORNER & WHAT HAPPENED TO QUADIR IN BOOK 1 WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN.
THEREFORE, SHE SHOULD'VE PREPARED FOR SUCH AN EVENT BY SHOPPING LESS AND SAVING WHAT QUADIR GAVE HER SO THAT WHEN SHE NEEDED TO GET HER OWN PLACE SHE'D HAVE THE DOUGH TO DO SO, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RETURN TO THE PROJECTS TO RESIDE WITH HER GRANNY AND COUSINS LIKE SHE HAD TO.
YO, I CAN STILL REMEMBER READING IN THE SOURCE MAGAZINE ABOUT TERI WOODS' BOOK THAT SHE WAS SAID TO BE SELLING OUT OF THE TRUNK OF HER CAR, & I LOOKED HIG & LOW IN BARNES & NOBLE & THACKERAY'S BOOK STORES BEFORE FINALLY GETTING B. WALDEN BOOKSTORE TO ORDER AND CARRY IT IN THEIR STORE! I CARRIED THIS BOOK EVERYWHERE: TO SCHOOL EVENTS, DOCTORS VISITS, CHURCH (DON'T JUDGE ME---IT WASN'T DURING SUNDAY SERVICES. JUST BORING CHOIR PRACTICES!). I WAS JUST TOO GLAD TO HAVE A COPY--BACK THEN.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE REAL IS WHY I CAN'T GET INTO THE MOVIE VERSIONS. ALSP, I JUST DON'T LIKE COLUMBUS SHORT AS QUADIR, NOR DO I LIKE ERICA AS GENA.

[Tianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own." In this book one of the main characters Gena represents this quote very well. She wanted someone to call hers, whohe could trust. She was hungry for love and wanted to be cared for but she didnt want to work hard for it she wanted someone else to. This book is about a girl name Gena who is eighteen years old who goes out to different clubs in different citites and states to look for top ballars who can take care of her. She is very desperate to find a man who can take care of her so she doesnt have to work . Gena's dreams finally comes through when she meets Quadir her dreams come true. She gets to live the good life. He spoils her with diamonds , a big house and shopping sprees that have no limites. Gena feels on top of the world, she doesnt have to work for anything she wants all she has to do is ask for it . Gena doesnt care that she is spending dirty money and that anyday her "Lover" can be killed because of the kind of work he does. Problems start to happen with Quadir's drug business. people start to die and people start to get kidnapped because of tritiory. Quadir is making millions a week and other drug lords aren't making as much and start to become jealous. Quadir wants to get out the game but doesn't know how. Many people tell him he won't make it out alive but Quadir believes he can. But something in his head tells him that he probaly wont be able to so he starts to hide some of his money where nobody knows where it will be stored. Gena starts to catch on that there are problems and start to think about what will happen to her if Quadir dies she doesnt know how she will be able t go on with life without him because she has no money of her own she depends on Quadir a lot. Only time can tell what will happen! I would recommend this book to mature young adults because it has a lot of description that can be disturbing.I gave this book three starts because it was kind of a slow book it only got interesting at the end. There really wasnt anything shocking happening in the book that kept me interested.

[Ladynikiw · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wooo, lordt this was terrible. I checked it out after seeing a trailer for the movie somewhere. The movie looked terrible so I thought maybe this was one of those cases where the book would be better. WRONG. Smh

[Punkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gina and Quadir wow what a story..i loved the book this was my first street lit book..

[Joycelyn Whited · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome Book

I read this book when first published and read it again to prepare for the upcoming movie. I can't wait to see the movie.

[K2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

GoodRead.....I did not enjoy this one as good as I did the first time back in 99’ but it still was a pretty decent read.

[carlita_is_probably_reading · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t know why I wanted to reread this, but it made me thankful of the life I chose to live. One of my best friends growing up sold drugs and she always had the flyest gear and material things. I could have easily slipped into that lifestyle, but I didn’t. That wasn’t me. For as long as I can remember I wanted to get out of our neighborhood and “live where the white people live”. I don’t know why I attributed that to being successful...maybe because very few ethnicities lived in fly single homes with backyards. My friend on the other hand just wanted to make money but never leave the our neighborhood.

Anyway....One of the many things I appreciated about our friendship is that I never judged her and she never judged me for the paths we chose in life. We were simply friends and loved each other no matter what.

As always rereading opens up new things about the story you didn’t get the first time reading. But rereading over a decade later really puts things into perspective. This reread sickened me a little. Knowing that what’s portrayed is still happening to this day in the Philly. It seemed like everyday you would hear shots fired and the next thing you know someone from around the way...or across the city was killed. I hated watching the news growing up because it was always this person or that person was either killed or in critical condition. Mostly all young men from the hood. And you never think the violence will touch you or your family....but that shit almost always finds its way. There’s not one person I know from back home that can say that gun violence hasn’t affected them. It’s sad. The lifestyle of the young men thinking they can do it for a few years to make quick money then get out is really messed up. Looking back I wish I would have had some type of voice to speak out to the friends I’ve lost along the way that gave them a reality check. But I never wanted to judge them and I understood the struggle. It just makes me sad.

The main guy Quadir seemed like he had so much potential if only he would have flown the straight and narrow path to success. Of course it ends badly for him. Now his girlfriend Gena...I just feel bad for her but at least her outcome was a little better than Quadir’s 😢

[Leanna armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story I am reading is True To The Game3. The author is Teri Woods.This book is a fiction book because it is base on a true story and its only dedicated to the person its about.The main idea if ture to the game is being ture and real to what you do as in giving it your all. But in this its like you have to stay ture to the streets and your friend because that's what its mainly about.
One very important line they use in this book that make it so real is that when your in the game and into the stress you can't snitch to the cops or you will loose your friend an much more and that's a true statement because that's how it is in todays life. The book that I was reading is very interesting I really enjoyed it because its like some people everyday life which is very sad but that's just the way some people live.I was able to visualize a few things like for a example young man standing on the corner I see that almost everyday so yea I cold pic it. I would relate to this book as an lage issues this book didn't effect me in anyway but maybe if young teenage book read this book it could make a good input on there life and make them want to change for the ones who live the street life. I think Sincere was a very strong character because he went though a lot in the whole book be work it out and stayed strong got his life together and out of the game he realize that there more to life then that.
I would recommend this book to young teenage boys who's are confused and the ones who live a street life this book can be really touching and help you make better choices in life. If you liked to ready true stores you might like this book because this is so real and you see things that happen in this book in everyday life rather you see it with your eyes or on the news.

[Renee West · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got to the half point and the dialogue just started to sound really stupid like she ran out of steam in the story. Also, I realized that words like "jewelry,BMW,beamer,sneakers, benz, jaguar" are some of the main things these characters talk and care about. The characters are some of the most shallow and stupid and worthless people imaginable and there is really nothing to like about them. I don't mind reading raw stores and I don't mind reading about people I don't like but then make them interesting/fascinating and have the writing be incredible and It will keep me wanting to continue reading. Seriously, who the hell is rating writing like this highly?? Seriously.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

When you play by the rules of the streets, sometimes it comes with a deadly cost or a loss of freedom. That's the biggest lesson one can take from "True to the Game". The story starts off in the 1980's in Philly. Gena's a young lady from the South Philly projects that knows a thing or two about the dope game,and Quadir out of West Philly knows his way around it too. They not only meet, but they fall in love with hustling and each other. She's the one who looks out for him and holds onto his cash, among other things. Can they rise to the top of the game,or will rival crews take them out? Read it and find out!