Matima A.’s Reviews > If I Ruled the World > Status Update

Teresa sounds like a hater. Her point about Nikki not getting “caught up” in the industry was misplaced. Valid argument, wrong time. Not while she’s house shopping, be supportive!! She’s physically leveling up and Teresa wants to throw in a word of caution! Boo!

And and and…yes. Still on the Puff Daddy mention. Nikki was also taken advantage of by a much younger man who continued to harass her. The symmetry between this fictional character and very real Cassie in relation to Diddy is…I’m blind sided. Here I am, enjoying the book after a very skeptical start and you add Diddy to the mix?!? No ma’am, Ms. Barnett. No ma’am.

Alright, alright it’s getting better! lol

but also…puff daddy?? Yes, yes. I understand this story takes place in the 90s but still…to use this man in particular?? You could’ve picked Biggie or someone else. Putting Diddy in a fictional story, even mentioning him, after it’s come out he’s a monster in the present is…a choice.

It’s a shame, the women in this story are so unkind to Nicki and it’s like…everyone wants to be snarky about her past. No one sees she was preyed upon? She’s half Alonzo’s age, a new employee with a big dream and he’s her boss. Like…that’s a hierarchy gap and no one is giving shorty grace. That really, really sucks.

I’m so disappointed with the way it mirror’s Elaine Weltoroth’s actual story. Bi-racial Black girl. Only Black girl in the editor’s office. Similar relationship conundrums. I’ve read this story already! There are too many coincidences so far and I hope this story gets original sooner than later. It might be a DNF, which sucks because the beginning had me locked!!