<i> "...The old me was gone, and I was happy about it, because he was a boy and I was finally a man. A man who took shit from no one."</i> 

<I>Black Buck</i> was infuriating. I can't tell you who often my blood boiled while reading it. People have compared <I>Black Buck</i> to Wolf of Wall Street and I can see it. Darren is a complex character who makes about three consecutive circles throughout the whole plot. The writing is humorous, fast-paced, and sharp. The author notes sprinkled throughout the book, breaking up the third wall was funny. The beginning of the book was sharp, fast and infuriating but the second half of the book felt like a whole different novel the pacing and POV seems to have changed. The first half seems to focus on Darren but the second half loses track of Darren's motivations and the ending was lackluster. I do want to know what happened to Darren after the book had ended but alas. I would read something else by Askaripour because I see the vision in his writing.