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Go Ask Alice Review
After you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs.... It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimately her life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful -- and as timely -- today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. User Submitted Go Ask Alice ReviewsNovember 18, 2008 Everyone should read this book I am seventeen year old high school student. I have read many books and this by far is one of the best I have ever read. I finished it in two days, I only stopped to sleep and go to school, where one of my friends picked it up to look at it, and demanded I finish it as soon as possible so he could read it. This book is a must read for everyone, it will help high school students make better decisions and parents understand their children, this book has something to offer everyone. August 20, 2008 Not Impressed I read this book in college for a children's lit class. I was not impressed. It is a melodramatic look at the evils of drugs. It reads like a bad after school special, created to frighten teenagers and warn them never to experiment with drugs of any kind. Also, despite the lore following this novel, it was not written by a teenager. Read the novel if must, but there are definitely better books out there about drug usage. August 10, 2008 Semi Compelling... This book was kind of interesting. It is NOT written by a teenager. The story is about a girls struggle with drug addiction and personal identity. The things that give away this not so anonymous book is the content. There are several "big" words that are used by te author to suggest that this isnt written by a 14 year old addict. Throughout the story, the narrator spends her time raving about the drugs she uses but spends a little amount of time talking about boys and other "normal" teenage expierecnes. Before the story even starts, there is a note that says this book is fictional and all characters are made up. And the characters name isnt even Alice, Alice is simply a girl who is mentioned once in the book. "Go Ask Alice" is the title of a song sung by Jefferson Airplane. This book was also written during the during the 70s drug hype. This story can be a propaganda book to simply keep teenagers away from drugs. And if all this was real,the people the events and such, why hasnt anyone come through and said anything about this girl or anyone else in the story? Just makes you wonder... So I recommed that you get this book from a library or a friend because it isnt really worth purchasing. July 8, 2008 Go Ask Alice I loved this book. The emotion that the protagonist conveys throughout the book is clearly relatable from generation to generation. I recommend this book for every teenager out there. June 24, 2008 we get it already... There seem to be a lot of reviews written for this book bashing it. We get it...you're angry that this is a work of fiction and isn't, in all actuality, a true, bona fide account. Unfortunately for you, you will find that most books contain fiction. Yes the book says that teenagers shouldn't do drugs or get pregnant. I see nothing wrong with this message (although I will admit that the author could have gone about it in a different way). Yes, the book seems to fit all drug addict stereotypes, and yes it insinuates that LSD and marijuana can be addicting. NEWSFLASH! They are called stereotypes because a large amount of people FIT INTO THEM...and although drugs such as LSD and marijuana aren't physically addicting, they are mentally addicting. Overall, this book is a good read and sends a sensible (if somewhat cookie-cutter, brainwashy) message. P.S. Just because books aren't "literary classics" doesn't mean that they aren't good books. Maybe some people should be glad that people are reading anything at all, or even writing anything at all, rather than gripe about WHAT is being read or written... June 22, 2008 Thumbs up. Definitely a book that evokes emotions and can be related to in some at least distant way, shape or form by most individuals. It's a quick and easy read, so even if one doesn't like it, he/she can't really regret reading it. June 16, 2008 Timeless diary - and a challenge for todays teen Yes, this is a work of fiction as others point out. Yes, it's an older book (...what no raiding of the parents drug cabinets? noone knew sudafed could be used for anything but a sinus infection? Had it even been invented?? Heck, people wouldn't even know what a "cutter" was then, and Karen Carpenter had yet to die and make anorexia an everyday term, no cell phones, texts or ipods mentioned??...) And yet, still... Still, this could be the diary of any teen today that finds themselves in the grip of life beyond their control (and perhaps there's every reason to believe it's harder to control than ever)- and unable to reclaim it. It's a timeless theme, and it's well-written to stand that test of time. I challenge any teen to read it --- knowing it was written in their parent's day - and not find that in some ways the world hasn't changed. June 5, 2008 White Rabbit I read this book in school when I was 15 years old and I just had to have a copy for myself. To anyone that has ever had a brush with the drug world as a teenager and lived throught it...THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU !!! June 3, 2008 it was ok this is the diary of an anonymous girl and her struggle with drugs and addiction. as chance would have it i read it sometime after i watched that movie thirteen, which is supposedly also true, and that was kind of similar so i guess the book had less of an impact on me than it would have if i'd read it without any preparation. it was still a good read though. as you would expect from reading a diary, it did a a good job making the story realistic, though i suppose knowing this is based on an actual diary helped with that, though how much of this diary is fact is up for debate... problems i had with this book is how little it went into the drug issue. drugs in general is a very complicated topic and i thought that this book simplified drug addiction ridiculously. since this book is aimed for teen audiences and as such the issue should be fleshed out a bit more... this book just seemed to perpetuate the boogeyman. don't get me wrong, drugs can be scary things and can really mess up someone's life, but at the same time nothing is so childishly black and white. also, the heroine of this book had little to no backbone. she's dangerously ignorant and too eager to please... so basically she brought this upon herself. at some point when your life is flushing itself down the drain you would realize this, and at points in the novel you can tell she does, she just can't stop 'the outside world' from destroying her. i actually find it kind of interesting that as a society we celebrate novels like this, of complete destruction of the self. i enjoy this kind of story very much when the destruction is intentional, but in this instance the girl just float along on the current she was caught up in. this kind of bothers me, but at the same time... meh. because for myself it's just slightly annoying, but for some young girl who has been sheltered, this would be seriously disturbing... and it would be harder, i believe, for someone at that age to pick up on the fact that the girl didn't exercise her will... that drugs is a choice like everything else. when i look at factors like these, you have to begin to wonder at the motivation of the authors, yes plural. this book was based on a real diary... based on, meaning some or even most of it is fiction. and in a book store you will find this in the fiction section. this book, and books like this, are mean to instil fear that comes from the ignorance that surrounds drugs. perpetuates the stereotype. as i say, i do not condone drug abuse, but neither to i approve of misinformation for the purpose of perpetuating fear and ignorance. it was a decent fiction piece though. April 29, 2008 Umm...Yeah Wow... So I was forced to read this book for a mother daughter book club and besides the fact that I was scared out of my wits, I think that it was a pretty good book. It isn't anything that I would ever pick up on my own, but there are definitely people out there that would like it. If you enjoy books like Perfect, or Drowning Anna, I would recommend it. If you are the sort of person who would rather read about things that are happy, or can't read creapy things before going to sleep, then this is NOT the book for you! I would say that overall it an ok book, especially if you are in a group so you can discuss the contents. Also, don't read the epilogue!! It is completely depressing, I don't know why the author added it. For more Go Ask Alice reviews click here.
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