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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com Quick true story: when a kid I work with began about a year and a half ago, I realized that I could only understand about 2 or 3 words out of every 6 or 7 he said. Finally, I had to ask another co-worker: "what the heck is this kid saying?" This was...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 1 stars “emme vaughn is 17 and homeless......and she sees demons. her mother shares her 'gift' but she currently resides in an insane asylum for talking about it and being deemed to be crazy. in the wee hours of the morning, in walgreens, emme meets frank, a religious man who can feel the presence of...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
  
  Quick true story: when a kid I work with began about a year and a half ago, I realized that I could only understand about 2 or 3 words out of every 6 or 7 he said. Finally, I had to ask another co-worker: "what the heck is this kid saying?" This was my first introduction to Ebonics. The definition of Ebonics is "African American Vernacular English," and if you've never heard of it, don't worry - as soon as you start reading THE EXORSISTAH, you'll know exactly what it is.
  
  I give the book 5 Stars, regardless, because even with the Ebonics it's a great read, and once you pick up the flow of the writing style and the way the characters speak, you'll quickly begin to go with the flow and enjoy the story.
  
  Emme Vaughn is only a month away from her 18th birthday. She's just fled the best foster home she's ever known (her mother is gone, shut away in the nut house), and she's wasting time in a Walgreens in the middle of the night. Enter the finest brother she's ever seen, quickly followed by a dude up to no good, who happens to also be accompanied by a demon.
  
  Yes, Emme can see demons, whether she wants to or not. She's always dealt with it the best she can, using her faith in God to get rid of them when she needs to. But now, the fine brother turns out to be a priest-in-training who wants her to join his cause - that of doing the "work" of exorcism.
  
  THE EXORSISTAH is a great, fast, fun read. Emme is a great character, as are all of the secondary characters. Everyone is well-defined, the dialogue is perfectly believable (Ebonics included), and I just loved everyone in the story.
  
  I can't wait for a sequel, which the ending just calls for. I really recommend this one to everyone - it would be perfectly suitable to teens as well as adults. This one's a winner!”

  TeensReadToo.com wrote this review Saturday, July 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “The title alone is two stars and it really is not bad for a series geared toward African American Christian teens. The plot is as follows: Emme is a teen runaway nearing her 18th B-day and she can see demons, she runs into a guy she falls in love named Frankie, who wants to be a priest, and he lives with Father Rivera and Mother Nicole; they fight demons through exorcisms. Kind of like Buffy, just instead of actually fighting demons with karate chops, they say the Lords Prayer and such. A lot of the problem with the book (besides the tragically trying too hard to be all that type dialog) is getting bogged down with plot movement. Burney spends 15 pages just on trying to find a way for Emme to go with Frankie to see Mother Nicole when they meet for the first time. They talk and talk and talk in circles in a lot of parts, not sure if that is supposed to convey hesitation or apprehension or exposition of character, but it really just holds the story up. Still, over all and for the geared audience, this one should be a winner and the dialog IS funny, (I found myself cracking up) which I don't think it is necessarily supposed to do. Here's a quote:
  "Lord," I silently prayed, "Can you help me stay feminine-looking? A cute brotha is standing right here, and a sistah still needs to look good, even if she is battling the power of Satan."
  Amen.
  Now it was time time to kick butt.
  
  
  -- uh huh, stuff like that....First in the series.”

  Phil F wrote this review Monday, June 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “I love Claudia Mair Burney, this book was a real page turner...I like authors who writes about something that real...spiritual warfare is real...its a great read.”

  Cinnamon wrote this review Wednesday, March 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “emme vaughn is 17 and homeless......and she sees demons. her mother shares her 'gift' but she currently resides in an insane asylum for talking about it and being deemed to be crazy. in the wee hours of the morning, in walgreens, emme meets frank, a religious man who can feel the presence of demons, but cannot see them. he takes emme under his wing and invites her to come live with himself, 2 nuns and a bitter, terminally ill priest who does not trust emme from the beginning. frank wants emme to join him and others in performing exorcisms. emme wants nothing to do with it until she discovers her best friend from childhood is possessed..........this is one of the worst books i have read in some time. it strays from the subject of the book regularly to go into emme and frank's budding relationship...or lack thereof. should they, shouldn't they.............blah blah blah. it's almost a star crossed lover's theme. sometimes you feel as if there are so many religions being discussed that there is no way you can keep up with all of them. any other joy you might get in reading this book is further hampered by all the stereotypical slang and bad grammer.......this, for some reason really offended me. oh, yeah, i realize, it's set 'in the hood'. still, i took serious points off this book for that alone. i would not recommend this book to ANYONE who can find ANYTHING else to read. i only read it through because i find it almost impossible to put a book down once started, no matter how bad it is.”

  TwistedMind wrote this review Monday, September 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No