Dewan W Gibson

The Imperfect Enjoyment is a male's perspective on sex, love, and relationships -- it is "a bachelor's memoir." I digested the story in one sitting and it was good enough that I couldn't put the book down.

The memoir is a straight forward and no holds barred look at a man in his twenties and his relationships with women, both serious and not so serious. The book is written in a contemporary style with a lot of slang and easy going language. Despite this the writing is superb. The book flows well and the story line is easy to follow.

Gibson's views on sex and women are often unapologetic in this book. However he keeps his views lighthearted and humorous. He also deals with hard issues such as prejudices, difficulties in interracial dating, and dating outside of religions. He also touches on issues of sexuality from the male perspective and though he his humorous about it he is also accepting.

I would describe this book as a coming of age tale of the post college male. It talks about first loves, forbidden loves, playing the field, and finding true love. Instead of it being written in the classic style, it is written in an in your face comedic fashion with plenty of modern references.

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Imperfect Enjoyment is a memoir of Dewan Gibson's journey from 'playa' to maturity. Leaving his hometown of Cleveland behind for a the fast and loose lifestyle of college in San Diego.It's a unique perspective, an unapologetic and honest viewpoint of sex and relationships from a young African American man. Despite his intention to take advantage of the casual one night conquests on offer, Dewan finds himself in a committed but complicated relationship with a young Arab woman, Haniyah. The relationship is beset by obstacles, not the least being Haniyah's prejudiced family and the issues surrounding interracial and interfaith dating. Dewan genuinely describes his feelings of love and betrayal as this significant relationship develops and then collapses under the strain of separation and familial disapproval. His heartbreak sends him back into the world of 'bootylicious' babes and lusty encounters with an assortment of sexually confident women, before finally uttering the 'L' word. The tone is light and humorous and the language explicit and sometimes confronting. Gibson uses a conversational style with liberal use of the cultural vernacular, but it's well written and edited. Even though I found this short novel easy to read, it hasn't any real direction, it's closer to a collection of anecdotes than a traditional story format. Personally, my experience in terms of culture and maturity, is too far removed from Gibson's to really relate to his story, and that affected my connection to the book. I thought it mildly amusing but didn't find any particular value in it. Even though this book didn't quite work for me, I think that Imperfect Enjoyment would have particular appeal and relevance to post college urban American youth for it's raw voice of experience and sharp and funny observations of love, lust and commitment in the 'naughties'.… (plus d'informations)