I will begin by saying that Thomas Beerman was a sweetheart through and through. His character had so many negative issues, however, I never thought of him as a criminal, murderer or any other name that he was guilty of. I don't know how Walter Mosley did it, but he was able to keep Thomas Beerman so innocent and sweet. His brother Eric Nolan was also sweet and very caring to Thomas. It turns out that Eric seemed to be the "Fortunate Son", but he really wasn't. He had a better ... (show more)

I will begin by saying that Thomas Beerman was a sweetheart through and through. His character had so many negative issues, however, I never thought of him as a criminal, murderer or any other name that he was guilty of. I don't know how Walter Mosley did it, but he was able to keep Thomas Beerman so innocent and sweet. His brother Eric Nolan was also sweet and very caring to Thomas. It turns out that Eric seemed to be the "Fortunate Son", but he really wasn't. He had a better up-bringing than Thomas, but he wasn't as insightful as Thomas was. One thing I wanted more of was Mama Branwyn. She was referenced alot, but I wanted her to be their for both her babies, especially Tommy. All in all, this was definitely a great book. All of Tommy's close calls with death had me nervous, but Im glad he pulled through. Even his "alley valley" had some sort of peace to it. ;) (show less)