SOOOOOO....it's 1:19 in the morning...and let me first start by saying that my words and/or thought processes are not coming to me as swiftly as they would under different circumstances.
I just finished (literally like JUST finished) reading Omar Tyree's "Pecking order" which may be why I can not communicate my thoughts accurately....that happens lots of times after I read...I'll have thoughts on a book that is well written, and then I can't seem to get my footing in terms as of how to respond to it....
be that as it may, i intend to write this blog this morning to I guess in some way sort out my feelings on the book...pointless I know, especially when other ppl are paid to do this and 2. i'm sure no-one will ever read whatever it is that will be written...but I actually think I'm okay with that :)
However, in the event that someone does happen to stumble upon this blog and find my personal "review" of it to be an intersting read...I will provide all of the necessary information to fill in the gaps of my seemingly sporatic writing...so..here goes...
First of all, the book is about a main character, one Ivan David...a man with two first names...whose namesake is actually the reason for his success during the coarse of the novel...Ivan works at an accounting firm...Hutchen and Mitchell (??...yes ??? b/c i'm realling being too lazy to 1. open the book back up to see if thats right or 2. switch to another screen to google it) so anywya..Ivan is an accountant obviously who like most ppl is tired of his job...and he doesn't realize that he's tired of it until he finds out that there is more to his life outside of what he does....
So....Ivan goes to a club one night after a run in w/ one of his long time friends who happens to be a rookie pro latin-american baseball player who invited him out on this particular night after not seeing him in a while.....(PS the story is set in California...San Diego to be exact...).....wait wait back up....before any of this happens Ivan has an old flame from college named caroline i beleive who wants to meet him for lunch to catch up on old times i guess so they meet at Hooters which is where he runs into his baseball player friend....okay fast forward....so ivan gets to the party (pivotal moment in the storyline) and he tells security his name expecting that he's on the guestlist as a VIP of his baseball player friend....turns out (b/c back at hooters when his friend suggested for him to come to the club, Ivan declined so obviously his friend didn't put him on the list) meanwhile back at the ranch while security is checking the list this BAAAD female rolls up with these other BAAAD chicks (side note: no homo on the "BAAD", but that's the easiest way to describe it using as few words as possible, b/c the author (being a man himself) took this opprotunity in his book to describedthe chick to a tee... but seeing as how this "review" is already getting too long for me, I don't feel it is necessary to go into as much detial as he did...) and Ivan of course peeps her and ppl waiting in line at the club identify her as Lucienda Galliano (sp?) a famous latin/italian female party promoter in San Diego....okay.... so all of that really was important b/c basically after that (to make a long story shorter) Ivan Decides to become a party promoter....outside of promoting parties he teams up w/ some other fellas....forms a company: ID Promotions (ID...like Ivan David)...has a website...and essentially begins to build an empire generally all because to say the least he was embarassed that the security guard wasn't able to identify him....classic tail of "I'm going to be somebodi....hey mamma look, I made it!"......so Ivan becomes successful w/ his promotion business....gets a ton of $$...flashy cars clothes jewelry models...u name it...and in the process he teams up w/ this Galliano chick b/c that's her business and essentially she sees potential in him to become something great....and really that's what he becomes....
So why then am I up at 1:40 in the morning re-hashing an entire novel that took me like a week and a half to read b/c i was being lazy about it just to tell the tale of Ivan's happily ever after....well honestly it's because I was mad at how it ended.....throughout Ivan's character's entire "come up" he pissed me off b/c although he was a smart businessman (and i cant fault him for that)....the way that Tyree wrote it...it made it seem like Ivan was setting himself up for for failure....the whole time I was reading the stats and figures of how much this dude was making and all the "hands" that were in his pockets and ills of his business...i thought for sure someone would double cross him....extort funds....take him out....sabbotage (sp?) his business....SOMETHING....but in the end...this guy ends up driving off into the sunset in a navy blue phantom?! WTH!!! are u kidding me....no mysterious murder??!! no female drama??!! what kind of book is this?!...but on the same level i respected it...cuz Ivan's character had his hustle....his mind was on his $$ and his $$ was def. on his mind...he had a few hiccups w/ females...but nothing to knock him off his grind....so for that tyree gets props....
My other issue however with the book gets tyree NO gold stars...the chick Lucienda (ivan's partner) goes HARD...she's a latin/italian hard a$$ and I commend her character for it...she's like the danielle chick on Candy girls....she has model chicks....they go out...look good...and she pays them when they do good work...I respected her hustle...she was about making $$ just like Ivan was...and I guess if she did have a flaw...the only thing that was wrong was the fact that she was a little too patient in terms of getting the $$....but to vouch for that...she had partners in the past that screwed her over and became bigger than her which forced her to break off partnerships....so okay..she was cautious....but thats it...she was strictly business w/ Ivan no matter how big he got...how much $$ he made....business was her motto....and honestly the book went to show that behind every good man is a smart woman...HOWEVER....as Ivan gets richer he eventually breaks off his partnership w/ her (just like everybodi in her past) b/c his brand is able to eventually take care of itself....now Lucienda never gets mad...she keeps her composure...she has a lil jealous streak in her...but she's not one to let it show...she keeps it classy ALWAYs throughout the WHOLE book....but SOMEHOW in like the LAST chapter...she freakin CAVES!!!! I rooted for her to lay the smack down on Ivan...keep him humble....not entertain him when he was being big headed...ALL of that...she went through all of that with him and in the end he bought her a friggin mansion and she CAVED....NOW let me clairify...i'm not saying that she should have been a butthole about getting a FREE house...don't get me wrong...but the way it went down was WACK....she had been out of his life for more than like a year....he calls her up one day...tells her they are going on a drive and they go to this house and he hands her the keys and tells her that he wants them to be partners again....NOW this dude did NOT propose....he did NOT put one ring on her finger....he asked to be her partner literally speaking so that they could make $$ together again...HOWEVER they ended up also making their "partnership" a relationship...as in when I closed the book...they were still dating....WTH!!! his character was basically after her for like 5 years and he asks to be his money making partner?!?!....i was too through after I read that....kinda mad to say the least....cuz the thing was it wasn't like neither of them were hurting for $$....she had a whole fashion company after her name when it was all said and done and he ended up selling ID promotions for liek 180 million dollars....and my thing is fool, if you chased me for 5 years and u never found anyone like me... you better b talking partners in life cuz who is to say that I won't find donald trump in our "partnership"....and that prolly sounds real gold digger-ish...but I guess my thing is...if i'm not strapped for cash...y should i partner up w/ a person who not only has had his fair share of my girls (Ivan was messing w/ Lucienda's "employees") but also broke off a partnership w/ me to do "bigger and better things" obviously i wasn't THAT important and u just want me b/c you haven't had me.....
*BIG BREATH* alright i'm done...plus my eyes are tired of looking at this screen, and my hands are tired of typing....but yeah....those are my gripes....tyree will get an 8.5/10 for now...unless I feel the need to adjust further.....g'nite!!!
