xtinee's review against another edition
3.0
This book is an autobiography of Iceberg Slim who was a pimp in the mid 90s. His life is so interesting it is definitely worthy of a book. I was warned that there is a lot of slang and at the beginning I found myself needing to consult the slang glossary every 3rd word. I will pass along that warning to people reading. I actually think the slang glossary only contained about ⅓ of the words I wanted to look up. The good news is I did end up picking up on some of his use of slang and it became easier to understand by the end but I wonder how many things I missed. Still a great story and worth reading.
lexesmikasa's review against another edition
4.0
This was an interesting read that at first , I felt I couldn't finish because of the mentality , the way so much thing happened especially to the women . But at the same time , this was his life story and the time period for those things to happen . For one , I realized he never realized his dreams were a warning . A message about the way he treat women and seeing him treat his mother worst in his dreams didn't click for him . But , he was honest about his mistakes and what he thought he wanted out of it proved to him that in the end , it was never worth it . That he did more damage to himself and set himself up for failure in a world that made it possible to do so . He wasn't going to beat the outcome he tried so desperately to . By the end , I'm glad he realized his mistakes and made a complete 360 .
majortomwaits's review against another edition
4.0
Extremely fast paced, but also very vivid and detailed. Definitely brutal yet beyond interesting. Loved Ice T's foreword, it only added to the whole experience.
paulayy95's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, and Domestic abuse
alishaforeverev's review against another edition
2.0
I finally finished. It was really difficult to get through. I’d pick it up and read a few pages just to put it down again. It’s hard to stomach the way women were described and treated. However, Slim’s writing style reads a lot like prose, and his tone creates such vivid moments and scenes. From a sociological standpoint this is gold standard.
jfit400's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.25