With over a million copies in print, Go Ask Alice has become a classic of our time. This powerful real-life diary of a teenager's struggle with the seductive -- often fatal -- world of drugs and addiction tells the truth about drugs in strong and authentic voice. Tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing -- and even more poignant today -- Go Ask Alice is page-turning and provocative reading.
The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness. The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. Although there is still some question as to whether this diary is real or fictional, there is no question that it has made a profound impact on millions of readers during the more than 25 years it has been in print. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask Alice still offers a jolting chronicle of a teenager's life spinning out of control.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
truth is important; this book is a hoax:
This book is a hoax. I knew it even when I read it as a teen. Another reviewer had a good point, that it may have been based on a real diary but was extremely heavily re-written. especially all the anti-drug parts. Even as a teen, it seemed too cliched, predictable, far-fetched and preachy. too much of a neatly-crafted cautionary tale. Truth is important. Lying to people for any purpose is reprehensible, even with the best of intentions at heart.
its hard to type on my kimble...go ask alice review:
i thoght this book was overall good. some parts of it were weird and rambling though. however i'm not entirely sure that this was a real diary. one thing that did bother me was that the protagonist seemed like such a typical teenage girl. but iguess that was one of the author's purposes.
painfully authentic:
in a sentence or two: the true diary of a 15 year old girl who is seduced by the mysterious world of drugs, and just can't seem to pull herself out. the narrator (Alice?) opens her diary by talking about an incident with a boy named Roger, though the real shift in events comes when she finds out her family is going to move for her dad's new job. you get the feeling that Alice is a bit of an outcast, though not a total weirdo or anything. she just has a hard time fitting in with people, and thinks this... more info
A book every parent should read..and their teen.:
This is a must read for parents, and even more so for kids preteen and older. This book will give you insight to what can happen when one messes with drugs. A great lesson to be learned...DON'T TRY THEM!!!!!
