Boss Lady
by Omar Tyree
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0743228685

Tracy Ellison Grant is the quintessential superwoman. With two celebrated novels and a slew of movies under her belt, her story is once again told in Boss Lady by her cousin turned protégé and personal assistant, Vanessa. In Boss Lady we are exposed to a grown up, wiser, and even sassier version of everyone's favorite Flyy Girl. With the encouragement of her cousin, Tracy is talked into taking her book Flyy Girl to the big screen. Hands on as always, Tracy dives head first into the project; from casting, screen writing, and shopping her work around, Tracy is spreading her self and her motivation thin. Noticing that her cousin is slowly running out of steam, Vanessa takes the Flyy Girl film project by the horns, leaving Tracy the time to take care of herself and her always thorny love life.

Although this was a nice attempt at giving readers a grown up version of the hometown girl everyone grew to love, Boss Lady may be a bit too removed to satisfy some readers. Although an enjoyable stand alone read, when put up against its predecessor (Flyy Girl), it may fail in some readers opinions. In the end, the grammar is tight, the writing is up to standard, the story comes full circle (there aren't any holes that I noticed), and if read without pressure to stand up to Flyy Girl, Boss Lady will leave you satisfied.

1. What did you like best about this book?
I liked that this story shows just how possible it is for a black woman to rise from adversity to success. I feel this was a good anti-climax to Flyy Girl.

2. What did you dislike about this book?
The only thing I didn't like was that at times the movie seemed to take up the reader's attention instead of what was going on, personally, with each of the characters.

3. How can the author improve this book?
I feel this book was good the way it is.

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Martina :

Posted 504 days ago

As an avid reader, this book could not hold my attention. This is definately not of of Webers best.

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