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The Coldest Winter Ever

by Sister Souljah

By AMKPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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The Coldest Winter Ever Book Review

I know some of you may have heard and read about this classic Urban novel, The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. If you have not, allow me to spell out the magic and truth that comes from life and choices.

This book was published in 2006 and by Sister Souljah, an activist who stood up for what she believed in and used her art to say speak her truth. TCWE is just one of those outlits that now stays close to everyone's heart for the journey it takes them on. She also has a few sections when the book is finished where Souljah answers questions and gives critical insight on the characters and her purpose for the book. It is quite facinanting.

When Brooklyn kingpin and Winter's father is arrested her whole family is torn apart. But Winter has her mind on the money, leaving her little sisters in governments care and her drug addicted mother, she makes to find her own way back to the top. We see Winter in action, being beautiful and cold to anyone who was her friend or enemy, seducing rich men and stealing to prove she is who she says she is.

In this novel the style of writing is easy to follow. The pace is good and what makes it really stand out is the characters and the setting. Our sassy streetsmart Winter will pull the reader in with no release until it feels as if were standing behind Winter, observing her sneer at her problems, from the very beginning.

The Coldest Winter Ever is a gem and is perfectly flawed. I believe why it sticks to so many people because it shows how harsh this world can be. We see humanity in the fallen and reminds us that there are moral limits on how you treat yourself and others. Books are scenarios of real life and people and everything in TCWE is based off real life. Therefore you'll wind up feeling empathy for Winter who despite all her efforts still couldn't see where she was going. We see the realities of the government, drugs, abuse but we also see the good in some characters and their obvious suscipson of Winter Santiaga. This book is fiction but for the black community, some of the events in this book are all to real. The reason for such praise for all these years.

In a role of reader, I am loyal to my protaganists yet this book left me saying 'karmas a bitch' to Winter Santiaga. It is frustarating because she is woman of color, smart, determined, a winner, but Ms. Souljah didn't call her the coldest for nothing. All of her talents were put towards the negative and throughout everything she expected the opposite. Doesn't work like that, Winter!

The book begins when she is fifteen and takes us all through until she is in her twenties, in jail for being framed. So ultimately she has no character development which is important for such a flawed character. Yet, it makes sense. She was a young girl who was taught all the wrong lessons in life. That beauty and money and fame are all there is when in reality is the least relevant. She holds no regrets and has accepted that life has screwed her over. It is that same entitlement that causes her not to warn her little sister after all these years that the streets are not for everyone. It shows that she lacks depth as a character but it shows a good persons what happens when all hope is gone.

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