I began this book knowing that it probably wasn’t for me, but I moved forward anyway, I did after all, enjoy Breaking Bad.

The book started off nice enough, average college kid, can’t wait to join a fraternity and have the typical college experience. Cory quickly moves into drugs, alcohol and blowing off class. He moved from a typical college to kid to independent drug dealer fairly quickly.

The book spent so much time talking about the amount of drugs being sold, and money being made, the book may be seen as a cautionary tale, but to me it seemed to glorify drug and party cultures.

Considering that the story covers three years, it’s dreadfully slow and was difficult for me to continue with. Cory didn’t even make an effort at school. Wouldn’t he have been put on academic probation or something for his lack of effort. Throughout the book he seemed to carry on with his illegal lifestyle with no thought of the circumstances that most kids would face. Did his parents never see his grades, or simply not care that he was throwing their money away? Even when he was home on break, it only talked about his high school friends and not if his parents’ noticed how different he was than when he left.

Between pages and pages of drug descriptions, plot holes, and the “no problem” attitude at the end of the book, it left me feeling disappointed and upset that I worked so hard to finish the book where the kid in the middle of it all didn’t have to take any responsibility for his actions.

My opinion is pass on this one and try another if you want a story where characters take responsibility for their actions or at least grow and develop throughout the story. I rated it two stars simply because I did finish the book, so it had to have some decent parts.

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