Helpful Score: 3
I appreciate the candor with which Slim has revealed his world. The only other book I've read with such a disturbing level of misogyny is the fiction of American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, so that's saying a lot. I never understood how a person can think of another as less than and in such base terms, but perhaps that is a prerequisite for the pimp game.
His wit is prickly, sharp and hilarious. One pimp's 'ho, who is in the rain and complaining about being wet, is told "Walk between the rain drops, bitch." Or Slim's comment on the justice system when he's set up by a cop and convicted of a crime he didn't commit: 'Why did Justice really always wear a blindfold? I knew now. It was because the cunning bitch had dollar signs for eyeballs.'
Slim's story is fascinating and reads like urban fiction, which means the writing isn't anything special but his portrayal will keep you engaged.
His wit is prickly, sharp and hilarious. One pimp's 'ho, who is in the rain and complaining about being wet, is told "Walk between the rain drops, bitch." Or Slim's comment on the justice system when he's set up by a cop and convicted of a crime he didn't commit: 'Why did Justice really always wear a blindfold? I knew now. It was because the cunning bitch had dollar signs for eyeballs.'
Slim's story is fascinating and reads like urban fiction, which means the writing isn't anything special but his portrayal will keep you engaged.
