My rating: 3 of 5 stars
At first I was really into the book. For the first 3/4 in fact. I learned a lot about Black hair which was absolutely fascinating. I also enjoyed the political and personal scenes of the book publishing industry. However, I lost complete understanding of the book when the "mystery" was revealed. I guess it was just too much of an out-there type of thing, although the purpose of it was not lost on me. At least, I don't think it was. But overall, it was not a horrible time in my life to read it, but I don't know that it changed my perspective a lot in order to warrant a five-star review.