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A review by denise42
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
4.0
Sheff is a talented writer and the book could be eye opening for the young adult audience it was intended for, though as a middle age adult I connected more with his dads version of the story, Beautiful Boy. The story is frustrating on many levels- you just want to shake Nic sometimes and scream “stop using! Drop that girl!”
But nonetheless it is a painfully authentic portrait of why it is so hard for ale one to stop using. Until he was able to admit he has mental health issues that needed constant treatment (bipolar), that he needed affiliation ( with fame, hence Zelda), and that he just hated himself, he just couldn’t face life.
You will root for Nic, get frustrated with him, feel pain with him. He takes you deep into the mind of an addict that is frightening sometimes in its intensity. You will leave re book hoping he stays sober.
But nonetheless it is a painfully authentic portrait of why it is so hard for ale one to stop using. Until he was able to admit he has mental health issues that needed constant treatment (bipolar), that he needed affiliation ( with fame, hence Zelda), and that he just hated himself, he just couldn’t face life.
You will root for Nic, get frustrated with him, feel pain with him. He takes you deep into the mind of an addict that is frightening sometimes in its intensity. You will leave re book hoping he stays sober.