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mariesiduri's review against another edition
1.0
The title Go Ask Alice is taken from the lyrics of “White Rabbit,” performed by (then) Jefferson Airplane and written by Grace Slick. The song is rife with references to drug use, but also alludes to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
The earlier versions of this book, which originally appeared in 1971, contained a statement: “Go Ask Alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user.” The statement from the editors continued, “It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. Names, dates, places and certain events have been changed in accordance with the wishes of those concerned.”
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The earlier versions of this book, which originally appeared in 1971, contained a statement: “Go Ask Alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user.” The statement from the editors continued, “It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. Names, dates, places and certain events have been changed in accordance with the wishes of those concerned.”
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melissarochelle's review against another edition
2.0
My copy still says "by Anonymous", but I really doubt this book is by a teenager of any generation. I don't know many teenagers that write like that, but Sparks seems to really know how teenagers think. It's a quick read with an absolutely devastating ending.
About the ending: the teenager, we'll call her "Alice" for convenience, decides to stop keeping a journal and then she dies. That I take as a total cop-out by Sparks. I think the ending would have been far more powerful if we had experienced the final lapse into whatever "Alice" was involved in. By just saying...she was found dead three weeks later after experiencing one of the best birthdays she's ever had...I don't buy it.
About the ending: the teenager, we'll call her "Alice" for convenience, decides to stop keeping a journal and then she dies. That I take as a total cop-out by Sparks. I think the ending would have been far more powerful if we had experienced the final lapse into whatever "Alice" was involved in. By just saying...she was found dead three weeks later after experiencing one of the best birthdays she's ever had...I don't buy it.
julieh2's review against another edition
3.0
dated but amazingly not as bad as it could have been. it's actually a good book. she captures adolescent anxiety well.
nmetolen's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite books, I've read it about 20 times since age 14.
bobonnie's review against another edition
2.0
I read this so long ago that I don't remember it! I do remember that I liked it ok at the time, though . .
lexcraftahoy's review against another edition
1.0
Tis book was ridiculously bad. It's like what someone completely out of touch with youth thinks teenagers are like, or someone who has never done drugs imagines they are like. I get the place of such literature, but it has little or o artistic value.
anitapit's review against another edition
4.0
A very touching story. The fact that it's true is almost unbelievable. I recommend everyone who wants to learn a bit more about the drug-world among young people to read this.
candytyrell's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not sure if this was supposed to be non-fiction or just based on a diary...? I read the first 3/4 of the book in one day. It took me 2 weeks to finish the last quarter. I just didn't care.