πŸ‘ΆπŸ‘ΆπŸ‘Ά: The Hated Ones, by Mike Fiorito

The Hated Ones


This novel is unlike any I've ever read. It reads like a non-fiction account of a young man growing up in the Projects in Queens. It is so raw and real, but it is indeed a fictionalized account - an "every street kid" kind of novel. The writing is beguiling from the very first short story. With his all-encompassing writing, Fiorito pulls no punches and let's his readers know from the beginning:

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑢𝒏𝒆𝒔 π’Šπ’” 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 π’Œπ’Šπ’…π’”. π‘»π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’Šπ’ˆπ’π’π’“π’‚π’π’„π’†, π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’—π’–π’π’π’†π’“π’‚π’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’ƒπ’†π’‚π’–π’•π’š. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’π’‚π’π’ˆπ’–π’‚π’ˆπ’† π’Šπ’” 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 π’‡π’Šπ’π’•π’‰π’š, π’—π’Šπ’π’π’†π’π’•, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’“π’‚π’„π’Šπ’”π’•. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’Šπ’• π’…π’†π’”π’„π’“π’Šπ’ƒπ’†π’”. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Šπ’•π’” π’…π’‚π’“π’Œπ’π’†π’”π’”, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑢𝒏𝒆𝒔 π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’ƒπ’π’π’Œ 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆."

It is so far from what I normally read, and yet I was fully immersed. It is a story of hope - a coming-of-age story in a world where the odds are stacked against the protagonist. And ultimately, it is a story of redemption.

I am duly impressed @mike3fio ! Thank you for sharing your talent.

Many thanks to TLC Book Tours for including me in this tour and to Mike Fiorito and Bordighera Press.

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