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Summary: Go Ask Alice; A True and Sad Story
Review: When I fist saw this book on the shelf of my local bookstore, I just shrugged it off, but when a friend reccomended it to me I took it into consideration to read and when I finished I was in tears. This is the true story of a girl (not named Alice don't be fooled by the title) who falls into drug addiction and tries to get out before it is too late. It tells about her depression and it also tells about how she absolutly loves doing grugs and hates doing them at the same time. This is a diary. It is a work of non fiction and should also be respected. If you like this book u should also read Agusta Gone.
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Summary: A Classic
Review: ...Whether "anonymous" is real or not, she/he gives a real insight on the soul of a confused teen. This is a must read for any pre-teen to teenager. The story is too real to dismiss. Though the usage of some words or phrases are outdated, the true meaning is still there.
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Summary: I read this book in less than hour
Review: This book is about a girl that does drugs and her experiences with them and how they affected her life. I have friends that do drugs. I have even tried some myself. However imo they are not all they are cracked up to be. This book nearly put me in tears. If you have a friend that is doing drugs or is even thinking about it,have them read this book.
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Summary: An ispiration!
Review: This is a good book to first read when you're in early teens, and go back ten years later, read it all over again, and see how much your perception of Alice and her misadventures have changed! I must say the second time around is not as mysterious as the first, but nevertheless, Alice still lived in a dark world with very strange experiences. Unlike some other books out there, this is about an addicted girl that desperately WANTS to get clean and be a good girl, but she just can't seem to get out of the trap. The era she lives in matches up to the types and abundance of drugs being used by young adolescents, but still may be applied to today. And no matter how deranged the secrets revealed throughout the book, the ending still ultimately comes as a shock. I couldn't put it down once!
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Summary: kept my interest but its a scare tactic
Review: Go Ask Alice was a very easy book to read and it kept my attention thoughout the entire thing. I highly doubt it is an actual diary taken from a drug user, as most of Beatrice Sparks books are written anonymously, it does however present situations that can and do happen. It is written about a very young female with a very addictive personallity, as most young people seem to have. In the main characters life she goes through many views on herself and her actions, as most people do, and never seems to learn much from her decisions. It was a good easy to read book, but if your going to use this book to scare your children into not doing drugs, i dont think this book is the best resource. For although it talks about the downfall of drugs, addiciton and low self-worth, it does make them sound exciting and interesting for first time users. Most teenagers will think they can control their urges and resist another go-around, and the book does do a good job of describing the trips.
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Summary: What a Great Book! But I have one question...
Review: As an eighth grader, a lot of my friends have tried drugs. Even I have been pressured to try them. I was at a book store randomly picking out some books to read over Spring Break when I saw Go Ask Alice. Its cover really stands out. Just black. It was kind of scary. I had heard of the book before so I decided to pick it up. It might be good right? I went home and started reading. It was so good that I read it all in one night. I have never realized how scary drug use is. At first it even made me want to try drugs. Maybe this is why my friends choose to do them. But after reading a few more entries I realized that drugs seriously mess you up. The author talks about her highs and how great they are. Maybe my friends want to take this to get away from the problems teenagers now face. I don't know. And what's worse, is that once the author was finally recovering other drug users tried very hard to send her back to the terrible life. Is this what caused her death? I do not understand. At the epilogue it says the author died of an overdose. Does anyone know what happened? This book has really encouraged me to stay away from drugs and do whatever it takes to keep my friends away from them. This is definately a book everyone should read!
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Summary: Impacting My Life to this Day
Review: I read this book 24 years ago when I was twelve years old. I scared me to death and I give it primary credit for my never having tried drugs. It illustrates the allure of drugs and the vice-like grip they have on you once you're hooked. Every single teenager should be required to read this book. It has the potential of preventing untold numbers of people from getting involved with drugs and ruining their lives. It certainly did mine.
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Summary: Frightening view of the inside life of Alice
Review: I read this book a couple years ago, yet I still remember the graphic details in my mind of this book. I remember how well it portrayed the pathetic and drug-filled life of Alice. During the entire story I had to keep telling myself that this was all real and this was an actual true story.Although this book did leave me with many strange expressions on my face. I felt sadness, relief, and confusion. This is an excellent book for teens and adults.
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Summary: A sad, sad story that needs to be read
Review: I'd like to say I really enjoyed this book, but enjoy is really the wrong word here. I appreciate it, it's a sad story about a lonely girl you in all honestly gets into drugs almost by accident. And like we've heard all through life, it's almost impossible to get off drugs once they get their hooks into you. Alice has poured her life into her diary, and because of this we get to see the first hand effects of what exactly drug use can do. This isn't a sugar coated story, nor should it be. I've never met Alice, but after reading this, I feel like I have. This book is really for everyone, as I'm a 24 year old guy and loved it. I'm a better person for having read it.
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Summary: An exercise in futility.
Review: "Go Ask Alice," the tome so gloriously expounded upon by four-hundred and forty-four readers below, is a fictional account of a teenager's descent into drugs. It is "edited" by Dr. Beatrice Sparks. Now take a moment, Amazon shopper, and do a search for "Beatrice Sparks" under "Books." As you can see, Ms. Sparks knows a quite a few anonymous teenagers, each of them with a different malaise. Whether it's Annie (pregnancy) or Nancy (date rape/AIDS), Jay (drugs/Satanism) or Jennie (pills), or even Sam (gang violence), Ms. Sparks covers it all. At the age of eleven, reading this book was a terrifying gateway into nethers of teenage existence. Now, at the age of nineteen, it has become a relic of the American War On Drugs; an antiquity like Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaigns or the "D.A.R.E." program. Like most anti-drug literature, it's well meaning, but inconsistencies ultimately get the upper hand. "Go Ask Alice" reads like a pulp conspiracy novel, with the subject "tricked" into addiction by her friends (acid in the Cokes at a Party) who will stop at nothing to make sure she keeps taking drugs. The amount of drugs consumed throughout the book would have made Grace Slick nauseous. The climax is equally laughable. David Toma had it right when he said that the most important factor in keeping kids off drugs was the unconditional love and care of a family. Maybe Ms. Sparks should have written a book on that instead. ---- For those who can stomach a truly candid book about drug use, seek out "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs. For those who lack the patience to actually READ a book, watch Soderbergh's "Traffic."
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