BLOW by 50 Cent and K’wan
September 2, 2007 by Daniel
Prince, Killa-E, Daddy-O, and Danny grew up together in the projects, moving crack and cocaine, and answering to Diego, the neighborhood drug lord. They were small-timers playing for low stakes - until Prince is introduced to a heroin connect. Overnight they go from soldiers to bosses, and their crew is held together by loyalty and love. But taking the reins of power comes at a high price. Now, with Diego at their back and a traitor in their midst, they find themselves between a kilo and a hard place, ready to spill blood to stay on the top.
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K’wan is back with two books this fall. My only hope is that Still Hood is better than Blow. Slow to start the action, the story really doesn’t pick up until almost the end of the book and even that tends to inspire more yawns than a latenight rerun of a bad movie! Don’t get me wrong, I respect K’wan as an author, but Blow simply isn’t as good as Hoodlum or Road Dawgz!
I just don’t care about the characters and even K’wan’s trademark wigged out character - “Mother” in the case of Blow - makes too brief appearance to be in the same league as his previous brilliantly designed psychos like Demon, Priest, or Gator! Homophobia is everywhere and the women in the story have no depth. My only hope is that Blow blows by quickly and K’wan returns to his former incredible style!