Review: A good job making an unlikely story believable(maybe)....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
The first half of this tale is the " getting to know you stage" between our unlikely heroes. It's mainly the touchy, feeling type of interaction. Admittedly, it's nice in the sense of giving the reader a taste of newness in a beginning affair. My thoughts wandered to my own first time experiences. Personally, I would not have spent almost half the book on the subject. But hey, it did work and didn't discourage further page turning.Now the premise of a rich guy and poor (hustler) guy getting together and pulling it off took some work.  Beecroft did a splendid jobof tying it all together. The last half of the book was an exciting read regarding this" on again" and" off again " relationship. Overcoming class, defeating destructive family ties,  developing self assertion and willingness  to risk were themes throughout this work. Don't get me wrong. This was a fun read but it had  interesting social commentary.What I especially liked about this piece was the main characters commenting on the absurdity of such a relationship. The authorbrought out the self doubts of all of this even being real for our two primary fictional leads. I likedthe protagonists  thinking out loud what any reasonable person would think how this could really work.Just get through the first half( it's not that bad) and I think you won't regret the decision to read this one.