Review: A Worthwhile Purchase, Even if the Money You Spent isn't Magically Replenished
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
This was a very enjoyable read.  This is one of those books that once it gets going you definitely don't want to put down.  It's a fun road trip adventure about a socially awkward guy and his best friend (or guy taking advantage of his nave nature to get him to do stuff that he can also enjoy).  It's not maybe the most realistic book but it does highlight the different ways people behave when they think someone is something they're not (ie Internet tycoon, oil baron and other inventions Johnny and Dave came up with) to their normal selves.  Sad reflection on society maybe but who hasn't witnessed people change their behaviour when they think someone they didn't want to talk to or have any time for has money. Spending Spree is one of those what would I do in this situation, if $100 000 suddenly appeared in my bank account and every dollar I spent was mysteriously replenished the next day.  Would you tell the bank, tell the police, tell anyone else, or spend it like there's no tomorrow?I must admit the start was a little bit confusing.  I didn't really understand exactly what the scenario was with Johnny in his pre bank account ownership mid twenties daily existence.  I had assumed he was intellectually disabled or something which was why he not only still lived with his parents, but never had his own bank account even though he had a job and why his parents kept most of his pay, as obviously they'd have expenses dealing with his condition and they'd probably be putting the money aside to pay for whoever will be looking after him when they are deceased in the future or whatever. Plus his so called girlfriend didn't let him do anything that usual relationships do, so I assumed she was just a girl being nice to him and letting him call her that. Then he described his job at the plastic factory and again I thought, yeah must be a mentally disabled adult as no employer without that wage being subsidised by the government or a charity organisation, would pay someone to practically do nothing. But as we got to know him a bit more once he leaves town he doesn't seem to be that.  So then looking back at the start you wonder why would he let his parents keep his money and never had his own bank account and the plastics factory was more than a little far fetched, I mean I think he worked on a machine in one shift that made just ten plastic trays an hour or something and he just stood there in case it jammed up or something.  But none of that sort of thing undoes the great fun and ride that the each morning topped up bank account adventure brings to the pages for Johnny and his best friend Dave.I'll definitely read other books by Ryan Wiley as this one was so much fun and one of those rare books where you seriously would rather keep turning the pages then doing anything else.