Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales by Snoop Dogg

Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales Reviews

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  R.

  The only problem is, the jacket copy states this is Volume One of the Doggy Tales. Never name your first of anything Volume One if you truly do not have Volume Two in the can, ready to go. I've noticed this problem in the arts since...well, I'm not really able to spin Listen Without Prejudice Volume Two, am I?
  
  Snoop and his co-author paint a vivid, albeit MTV-lite, picture of growing up in the inner city; making for the armchair reader an entertaining journey into that reality. And they have the mercy to leaven with humor. I outright chuckled over many a passage.
  
  Snoop flashes his phd in urban anthropology: Blood family is a Tolstoy prophecy, with a bottomless appetite for dysfunction: mom falls for the con man, uncle is a cheap, drunk freeloader and brother's silence is all-too-easily bought with a new pair of shoes.
  
  But even the surrogate family of friends and neighbors eventually pops its circuitry: Women are always strong and desirable: but either salvation or sin. Men are always a hybrid of clown and king: they demand allegiance even as they fall over and over in the overlarge shoes of their sinister philosophies.
  
  Blah blah blah. It comes with a free CD; Paul Auster rock you to sleep lately? Didn't think so.
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  Romysh

  Such an amazing piece of writing. I honestly didn't know what to expect from this book, but the story is thrilling. I don't know if this is true Snoop's story or not, but I don't even want to find out. It is brilliant and I believe it could easily happen to him, but the story is such beautifuly written I was stunned in the end.
  
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  Jennifer

  This was a surprisingly decent book. It was a very quick and easy read and, granted, I started to read this with extremely low expectations. But the story was easy to follow, the characters were very likable, story was very realistic, and honestly I really liked how he ended it. It would have been nice if he wrote a Volume II considering this was Vol. I but it’s not like it ruined the story. Glad I accidentally came across it at the used book store.
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  Shia Baker

  Entertaining, probably to a wide audience. The book doesn't try anything too deep, but it's fun and thrilling enough to deliver on the Snoop Dogg brand.
  Shouldn't have named it Part 1 though, as it's the one and only part.
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  Tijuana

  this book is about really about to lil boys name bing and ulysess they was best bestfriends and brother that really care about eachother and they mother cause they all she had and they uncle and aunt but unlysess want to be like a man name budda cause he had the best of all but he always say that budda had everything ulysess didnt likw was budda was sailin drugs he never want to do that before he want to follow his dreams of all but budda was making so much money off that thats why he had all the stuff he wanted so ulyesss start hangin out with budda drivin his car and everything he love budda he ack like a father to ulysess but oneday ulysess get in troublem for standing out late he knew his mother didnt play that at all but he mother was addicted to the bible she always go by what the bible say but ulysess mother was upset with him but oneday ulysess came home mother was in the chair cryin and she lost her ljob and ulysess has to do somewa bout cause they really didnt have fun and mom need to coaches but ulyesess had to sale drugs to come up for his family cause he was the oldest of his brother
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  Rebeckah11

  I got this thinking it was a Snoop biography, but it's not. It's the story of Ulysses, Bing and their single Mama growing up in a Long Island 'hood during the eighties. Cited as 'the first in a drama-filled series of novels' it is actually the only one published (that I can find) and ends abruptly almost like Snoop got bored and decided to go do something else! Overall the book jogs along and is a fairly easy read, except for the use of slang that can be a little confusing. I guess it was some sort of crusade by Dogg to highlight 'hood living, but with morals.
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  Alicia

  I'm trying to get an idea of what "Street Lit" is all about. I don't want to be too quick to judge, so I'm leaving my reservations for another couple of titles, at which point I'll summarize (my disappointment may just be with Snoop Dizzle's "writing" style).
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  Charley

  I must say that I expected more from award-winning playwright and co-author David E. Talbert. Where's the quality control?
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  Rachel

  I have to say although I think it killed a few brain cells, it was kind of entertaining. Yes I said it, kind of entertaining.
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  Miguel

  Good read into inner city life. Entertaining with a few unexpected twist.
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  Shà

  this was enjoyable read. I like snopp a lot and I got a lot of respect for him. this was interesting to say to least.
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  Deanna

  A very quick and easy read, but not all that interesting.
  
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  Francisco

  its a great book that talk about the true ghetto life
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  M. Bartos

  Awww man! Cliffhanger ending. Now I'm going to have to go buy Doggy Tales volume 2.