The Vicious Cycle Volume 1:: A Family's Despair

by Bruce Wayne

Fear. Deception. Poverty. Death. Bruce Wayne tells the story about four generations of the Johnson family who find themselves trapped by the consequences of their bad financial decisions. Will a husband's desperate act lead them out of the Vicious Cycle?

172 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 25, 2014

Reviews

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book reminds me of the books I used to read when I was in my late teens and early twenties. Books written by one of my all-time favorite authors back then: Donald Goines. Donald Goines was a young black man from Detroit. He was also a gifted writer, and he effectively wrote about what he knew best: hustling, thievery, crime, and prison. I enjoyed his books because, through his storytelling, he informed on the "why" I didn't want to have my young life side-tracked by crime and especially not prison. His prison tales were (and remain to this day) the most graphic, gut-wrenching episodes I had ever read. This book, "The Vicious Cycle." provides the same "why" I should want to live within my means, as well as be conscious of the pitfalls along the way. The story is dramatized a bit, it's also very realistic and relatable. Now that I have finished the book, I will pass it to my young son. And although he will roll his eyes about the dialogue, I believe he, too, will grasp the "why" as well. Afterwards, we can move onto the "how."