What readers think of True Believer, plus links to write your own review.

True Believer is the best book I have ever read! I enjoyed so much. I felt as if I was with La Vaughn through all her problems. It must of been hard for her to let go of her friends, and move on. Although I liked the second book, I liked Making Lemonade more. I felt as if Making Lemonade was more realsitc, and more controversial. But I can't wait until the 3rd and final book comes out.

I really enjoyed this book. I felt as if her and I were friends. I could almost relate to her on a certain level, except when it came to Christianity. I was sad that her relationship with Myrtle and Annie turned cold over it. I felt good for her when she started better classes to better herself and her chance to get into college. In this story, I kind of felt as if college was a priviledge to LaVaughn's community. I was sorry for La Vaughn when it came to her situation with Jody. That is like one of the worst things you could do to a girl. I didn't understand why this story was written in free verse, I was waiting for the format to change over a certain period of the book, but it still was an excellent and very realistic book.

This book annoyed me because once again, men are shelved in favour of an acceptable book for irritated feminists. The fact is that men are a part of this world and La Vaughn and Jolly seem to think that men are the mortal enemy. There is only one, positive male figure in the whole story and that is La Vaughn's dead father. He was a hero. All other men fall short of his ideal and perhaps this is the fault of the story - it does not encourage women and girls to think positively about men. Rather, it seeks to sow seeds negativity about the opposite sex. The males in the story who are positive are either boys or young men. They do not grow up into men and I wonder why? Could it be because men are problematic in society? Jeremy is named after a boy Jolly once knew in a foster home. That's it. 'Boys' in the collective pronoun are always problematic, attacking poor old women, or just being in the neighbourhood.

Men are essential to family life. Jeremy needs a male role model because Jolly is incapable of filling that role. Where is he going to get one if Jolly refuses to find a man in her life of establish some sort of relationship with the father as far as visiting rights are concerned? He has a right to see his son. Jeremy has a right to know his father. The implications that could come about as a result of this negligence are all too obvious: a kid who feels rootless and lacks a father when he needs him most. More importantly, he may grow up to be a hoodlum like the 'other boys' in the 'hood. What goes around, comes around.

This book is the best book I've ever read! I couldn't keep my hands off it! It was so interesting and realistic! At the end of the book I was sad to say good bye to LaVaughn, I felt like I almost knew her!!!!!

True Believer is a really good book, but i'm going to give it a four because La Vaughn sometimes gets off topic and at the beginning it was really confusing. Maybe if she just got to the topic then it wouldn't have been so confusing, but this is only my opion, I don't know what others think. Another reason is, this book is kind of mushy at the middle and the end of the book.

I kinda liked this book but it's kinda confusing me on the plot, so is Jody gay or not, someone answer me!!!

I think that this is a really good book, but it got off topic everyonce in a while, and the plot was a little hard to find.

I love this book soo much i read it twice i would give it a 5 because it made me think about how i think of life i love this book. i would recommed this book to anyone that likes to read about it!!it is such a great book!! i lvoe it