Review: The Good, The So-So and the Not so Good
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2013
Three books all with the same basic set up and 3 main characters throughout:Carl- former __, ex__ , fill in the word with whatever your badass wannabe is. He's the badest badass that ever lived. He has issuesJessie- AKA Jizzy (really), drunkish, drugged up. She has issues.Tanya- Rich kid former olympic hopeful with hardware to replace her spinal column parts since and injury. She has Issues.Each book has extra characters but as the series moved from book to book, I noticed some weird things happening.I actually liked the first one and had high hopes for the second one. By the time the third one came along it devolved into some sort of weird gay-fest(not that there's anything wrong with that) that was just really odd and worse, very unbelieveable. When I finished all three books, I realized every character in these books (minus one) seem to be gay, (or at least curious or "bi"), or they like hookers, or they are hookers or some sort of sex worker or.... some criminal badass and Carl.At the end it was just kind of a let down when everyone is gay, or, ok with those who are. And unfortunately that takes a lot away from the reality of characters. Because not everyone is ok with that.By the end of book 3 when our badass is cheering the gays to not leave the bed a mess when they're done, I felt something went wrong. A character like Carl, as he was portrayed in the 1st book, would not be that by the 3rd book. Not because he could not be a badass and gay, but because he is a troglodyte.I went two stars only because I feel like I was suckered into something that wasn't there in the beginning. If you want to write a book like this, be up front and honest with it. Until book 3 it's actually pretty well written. But when two main charcters decide to explore themselves together(read that how you wish) while someone needed help, I knew the focus had shifted. At the same time, there is nothing sexual graphic in this book.