A Lady Risks All
Mar. 2nd, 2014 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nx74defiantFirst the good:
It is very well written. It was interesting to learn about John Thurston and the introduction of the "run" style of pool.
The bad:
It is hard to feel sympathy for Mercedes. She is just as amoral as her father. Greer wants to get her away from her father. Greer hates the way her father uses people. But Mercedes uses people too. She has no problem cheating, throwing a game to win a bet, and hustling her friend's husband. Greer realizes she had been using him. He has a problem with her father violating what Greer considers morally correct. But Greer isn't bothered by the fact that Mercedes is just like her father. What because she is beautiful and sexy it is okay for her to take advantage of people? Greer decides he will only play a fair games, but he doesn't ask the same of her Mercedes. She show no concern, sympathy or guilt for the people she takes advantage of. I kept hoping she would be forced to see the damage she had done and work to change.
It is very well written. It was interesting to learn about John Thurston and the introduction of the "run" style of pool.
The bad:
It is hard to feel sympathy for Mercedes. She is just as amoral as her father. Greer wants to get her away from her father. Greer hates the way her father uses people. But Mercedes uses people too. She has no problem cheating, throwing a game to win a bet, and hustling her friend's husband. Greer realizes she had been using him. He has a problem with her father violating what Greer considers morally correct. But Greer isn't bothered by the fact that Mercedes is just like her father. What because she is beautiful and sexy it is okay for her to take advantage of people? Greer decides he will only play a fair games, but he doesn't ask the same of her Mercedes. She show no concern, sympathy or guilt for the people she takes advantage of. I kept hoping she would be forced to see the damage she had done and work to change.
