This is the first book I read by Lolita Files, and I must say it won't be the last. Child of God took the meaning of a great novel, and totally re-created it. This is not your everyday reading material, meaning... you will NOT be able to predict what's going to happen next. You will NOT feel as though this is a typical story line. This novel is one that will have you on the edge of your seats holding your breath to see what's going to happen next. The best thing about this story is that it touches on a topic that no other author (that i know of) has touched on. This is something that happens more often than we think. So if you are looking for a novel that is more of the same, this one is not for you!

I read this excellent novel a couple of years ago. I have kept the book because I am reading it again. Highly recommended. I won't give away any of the jaw-dropping details. Anyone who has read Toni Morrison and comfortably "suspends...sense of disbelief" will find themselves saying, "No she didn't...!!"Be sure to follow up Child of God by reading Scenes From a Sistah. After that, Ms. Files writing becomes, well, ho-hum. Thanks.RLW

I've read three of Lolita Files' other books and this one is NOTHING like them.... I didn't care for the subject matter at all. In this novel, Files' attempts to make a romance novel about incist. The story lines jumps from one horrible scene to the next... In all fairness, the book is written very well,but again the topic is disgusting.

This is Lolita Files best book yet. At the beginning I got a little confused with who was married to who and who were the mother and father of the children, but once I got that straight the book was excellent.I read this book in one day. This book contained everything, drugs, incest, betrayal, murder you name it and it was in there.This is one of the best books I have read in 2002!!...Buy it you won't be sorry.

What the--?????????This story was all over the place. Hard to make heads or tails of the situations. Too many storylines, no plot, no connections or weaving of the story together. I don't get it? What's the purpose of the story? All I can figure out are fires being set, incest, voodoo witchcraft and later in the story it flips to urban street lit with drugs, guns and hos. There are at least ten stories going on in this book and a whole lot of profanity too for this to be a "CHILD OF GOD." The author would have been better off just taking the latter part of the book and writing an urban street story.

I bought this book because it was picked from my book club. I recieved my order quickly and in great condition. Very pleased cant wait to start reading.