She brags about brand names and hairdos while death and chaos surround her. She’s a disloyal friend, a scammer, a hustler, a pathological liar. The eponymous teenage protagonist of Sister Souljah’s hit urban lit novel is selfish, spoiled, mean, vain and materialistic. You feel as if you’re a new human being.Back in 1999, I was an 18-year old nerd who spent way too much time reading.(Big surprise.) I was a soft, weak naive thing without an ounce of fight in me–but I hated this book and would have happily beat the brakes off of somebody like Winter Santiaga in real life. You have different outlooks on certain situations. After you’ve finished reading The Coldest Winter Ever you get the feeling that you could accomplish anything.
I strongly recommend all readers to take a shot at reading this book. Winter has to learn how to be independent and responsible, which is something she never experienced before. When her dad gets incarcerated, her life gets turned upside down. She also has a bright head on her shoulders and is very determined to what she puts her mind to. Winter is used to getting what she wants, always having her way with things, is very conceited and good looking. Her dad is a kingpin drug lord who feeds her with a long silver spoon.
The main character is teenager who has everything going for herself. When I read this book I felt overwhelmed, connected, and ready for more. That’s when I decided The Coldest Winter Ever was the perfect book to engage in.
I thought that this was an odd thing to do as an author. The one thing that caught my attention the most is how the main character, Winter Santiaga, dissed Sister Souljah in the introduction of the book. When I glanced over the introduction I knew that this book would be the book I want to read but I still wasn’t sure. As Sister Souljah’s first published book I felt captivated. The Coldest Winter Ever is an astonishing piece of literature that I read this year.
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