Interesting true story but a repetitive and lackluster read.
A true story written by the victim of a career conman, giving an insight into his modus operandi and the difficulties faced by the judicial system.
Unfortunately frequent repetition makes the book an uninspiring and frustrating read and it is difficult to feel very much compassion for the victim, who comes across as gullible, naive and inconsistent. The author blames the conman for her increasingly illogical actions because his ridiculous tales were so convincing. I struggle to understand how anyone could take such little personal responsibility as the events continued to unfold over a prolonged period and behave so helplessly for so long.
The author says she is offended by the suggestion that she fell for the scams through greed. Whilst taking nothing away from the obvious guile of the skilled career criminal she was so unfortunate to become involved with, his excuses were so outlandish that I'm afraid it's difficult to imagine what other explanation there could be than her belief that in the end she would become very rich.
Unfortunately frequent repetition makes the book an uninspiring and frustrating read and it is difficult to feel very much compassion for the victim, who comes across as gullible, naive and inconsistent. The author blames the conman for her increasingly illogical actions because his ridiculous tales were so convincing. I struggle to understand how anyone could take such little personal responsibility as the events continued to unfold over a prolonged period and behave so helplessly for so long.
The author says she is offended by the suggestion that she fell for the scams through greed. Whilst taking nothing away from the obvious guile of the skilled career criminal she was so unfortunate to become involved with, his excuses were so outlandish that I'm afraid it's difficult to imagine what other explanation there could be than her belief that in the end she would become very rich.