Orinially reviewed June 11th, 2003:
I had heard this book was very funny, and it looked like it would be a fun book to read. My first opinion after I started reading this book was that Ms. Browne was obviously not in with the popular crowd in her school days. Throughout the book she goes on about how her and the "Tammys" are superior and the "Wannabes" have to wait on them hand and foot and will never be an actual "Queen"....PUH-LEASE!!! Get over yourself! I should have stopped, but no...i pressed on and finished the book.
Sure there were some humorous parts and some good recipes, but for the most part it was repetitive and sad rather than funny. I do give the Sweet Potato Queens credit for having lots of fun, (even though our definitions of fun are two totally different things)because having fun in life is so important! However, my lasting impression of the Sweet Potato Queens is that they are 30 and 40-somethings that are really 20-something wannabes, and act like trailer trash in the process.
If you want a real fun book (although dark at times) about true friendship, read "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells. The Ya-Ya's have fun too, but, unlike the Queens, they have class!
May 5th, 2009:
Needless to say that I have not re-read this book or read any others by this author as of yet.
Rating: D
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