Friday, November 28, 2008

Where is MY Midnight?


I recently read Sister Souljah's latest novel, Midnight: A Gangster Love Story. It is a novel based on the character, Midnight, from her earlier novel, The Coldest Winter Ever. It is not a sequel. It is more of a prequel, which gives insight to Midnight's life from around 6 years to 14 years of age. It it a well written novel and has a cliffhanger towards the end. If you've read Winter's tale, you know what eventually happens to Midnight. The only piece of his life left unanswered is what immediately happens after his 1st wife disappears and the events that happened before he goes to jail.


After reading Midnight's tale, I fell in love with this fictional character. But, is he really fictional? Are there Midnight's that actually exist is this world? Are we raising our men to be Midnight's and our daughters to look for qualities in this type of man?


Any answers or comments?