Title: Ludicrous and disappointing
Product review: There have been several books about and for the bear community of gay men, including Ron Suresha's "Bears on Bears" and Ray Kampf's "The Bear Handbook". Now we have "Bear Like Me" by Jonathan Cohen, which is about Peter who is fired from his job at "Phag" magazine. At a friend's suggestion, Peter decides to go undercover in the bear community to get material to write a book. So he sheds his stereotypical gay image for the stereotypical bear image, and eventually breaks up with his twink boyfriend. He plots revenge on "Phag" magazine and its staff, and navigates the bear dating world. He finds love, but will this new guy love Peter for who he is when it's revealed he once was not a bear? What sounds like a madcap adventure quickly becomes a tedious, inane, and self-conscious story that fails to entertain. The bear community deserves better.
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