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A review by intonewrealms
All of My Friends Are Rich by Michael Sarais
4.0
Leo has lost his husband, his dog and the job he liked. Now he's realised he has bipolar depression, his husband has an even younger boyfriend, and this boyfriend is his best friend Sara's boss. When Sara gets engaged and announces a host of expensive activities, Leo decides he's had enough of being the friend who can't splash his money and have a bit of care-free fun, so he agrees to a Grindr request to provide his services for money. This quickly spirals into a full on part-time career when he realises how much demand there is, but he starts to lose himself and put himself and his relationships at risk.
I love that every chapter of this starts off with the amount of money Leo has left in his bank as it shows how hyper-aware he is of the situation without even looking at the account. I really liked the scenes where he was with his friends and the different dynamics between them. However the amount of time spent on all his sexual encounters was a bit excessive and although I understand that it was sinking us into them and showing us what they were doing to Leo, and the different attitudes of all the men, I feel the same effect could have been given by spending more time on Leo's internal thoughts or seeing him try to cope in his normal life more often.
I love that every chapter of this starts off with the amount of money Leo has left in his bank as it shows how hyper-aware he is of the situation without even looking at the account. I really liked the scenes where he was with his friends and the different dynamics between them. However the amount of time spent on all his sexual encounters was a bit excessive and although I understand that it was sinking us into them and showing us what they were doing to Leo, and the different attitudes of all the men, I feel the same effect could have been given by spending more time on Leo's internal thoughts or seeing him try to cope in his normal life more often.