Hood Rat

by K'wan

Book Overview

Hood Rat (n.): A woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to get around in the 'hood.

Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets. She learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold. Billy, a former high school basketball star, is at the end of her rope with the opposite sex. To her, all men are dogs, so she secretly seeks comfort in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312360088
• ISBN13: 9780312360085
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

So bad. Shap

Iwish it. Was new. But nite

This book is a winner!

Kwan really did his thing on this book. I really loved the characters in the book all except for that damn Rhonda. I was suprised how it ended, but I kind of figured alittle of it out. I suggest that everyone should get this book. Keep doing your thing Kwan Lanay

K'wan is the King of Urban Fiction-- hands down!

I just finished this knock out novel by K'wan "Hood Rat". The book was pure FIRE!!! K'wan did his thing, I mean he stuck his foot all up in it. Travel within the pages of this book and you will meet an assortment of interesting characters. Let's start with Rhonda, a twenty something mother of 3 who gives new meaning to the word trifling, she's a welfare queen and proud of it. She doesn't give a sh-- about her kids only getting drunk, high, sleeping around and making life a living hell for her baby daddy Paul, and girlfriend Marlene. Then there is Yoshi a stripper/money getter, and her best friend Billy a tomboyish beauty with a broken heart, who is not sure if she likes men, or something else. The 4th member of the crew is Reese who lives at home with mom and is basically Rhonda's sidekick, she sleeps around and has no ambitions or goals, just like Rhonda. There is also Jah, a true gangsta who is Paul's liitle brother. Spooky his ace boon coon from the womb to the tomb. Crazy Eight the neighborhood mentally challenged pest, up and coming rappers Bad Blood who are Pain, True,Lex and Jay. Bad blood was discovered by Don B., a star in his own right. Marcus, and Cat, who work at the Shooter's Club, a brother and sister that both have their eyes on Billy. Also there are Slick and his crew Rel and Groovy, plus Paul's best freind Larry Love. All of there paths will cross in a truly crazy and violent turn of events during the summer of 2006. I agree with one of the other reviewers, my fave character was Jah too, you really start to root for him although he is busting caps all over Harlem, he's got a good heart and a soft spot for a special lady. I was saddened by the way Paul's life turned out. DRAMA is all up in the pages of "Hood Rat"!!This book is a must read, it is so good I was sad to see it end. I look forward to K'wan's next work!!

Hood of all Hood

I must say that this book was so good. I read it in one day. Its about four friends that get their money by any means. If it by lying about the father of their sons or sexing a guy because of their money status.If you love K'wan work i must say you need to get this one

Hoodrat needs to be on your book list!!!!

Hoodrat is a novel about four friends living in the hood. Yoshi,Billy,Reese and Rhonda are four friends who get theirs how they can no matter who it hurts. Rhonda is the worst of all who is giving her baby daddy Paul a hard time for no reason and this leads to both their untimely demise. Yoshi is a stripper who lets a man know this is strictly business until the one unsuspecting guy,Jah comes into her life after a horrible attack to let her know she can be loved unconditonally and she realizes there is another way to get money. Billy is the confused broken hearted one who is longing to fill a void and doesn't know how to repair her heart until Marcus. Reese is peer pressured into doing drugs and eventually loses her reputation for not thinking and her ways lead her to a pregnancy and no clue of who the father is. I loved this book because it needed to be written. My sisters need to wake up and take their place and do the right thing..not try to make it off the men in their lives and definitely learn to respect themselves. K'wan did an excellent job bringing these characters to life and by getting into the female mind. I think a lot of young sisters need to read this book because there is an excellent message to be learned. K'wan has done it again!!!