True to the Game: A Teri Woods Fable
 

True to the Game: A Teri Woods Fable

by Teri Woods

This book represents the drug game during the late 80's from the inner city streets of Philadelphia. The main characters, Gena and Quadir find themselves caught in the vicious, yet seductive world of drugs and money. Quadir a millionaire drug dealer flipping kilo after kilo, builds a massive money empire. He, however, is also faced with the art of extortion brought upon by the notorious... (read more)

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Nardsbaby
  • Rated 5 stars

"SO BLUE!" I truly loved this book! From the very first page I was engrossed. Gena and Qua's relationship is a great potrayal, especially when your guys a thug!

You got ill whips, platinum jewelry, champagne toasts, and murderous plots all in a day and the life of hustler's and the women who love them.

What made TRUE TO THE GAME was the relationship Qua and Gena shared. That coupled witht the fact Qua wasn't an ordinary thug, he had a degree and encouraged Gena to...

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Gracie
  • Rated 2 stars

I read this book after THE COLDEST WINTER EVER expecting the same quality but discovered similarity of premise does not a good book make. By comparison, this was a dissapointing outing for me because I WANTED to like it as much as TCWE but it just didn't deliver the same character delineation or well-edited content .

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Community:
  • Rated 4.633803 stars
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  • Rated 4.75 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • juciyboo

    juciyboo said:

    This book was good but for some reason I could not get into part II.

    posted Wednesday, May 14 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Missy

    missy said:

    True To The Game III is coming out July 2008 & I cannot wait to find out who Gina's stalker is..Ohh weeeeeeee

    posted Friday, January 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Malachi

    malachi said:

    Woods has done it again! This was a great read.........

    posted Friday, January 11 2008
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