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I loved this book. It matters not if it is truth or fiction. The story told by James Frey is an important one that after reading makes me feel just a bit more human. If you've had a hard life, you will appreciate this book. If you've had an easy life, this book will show you how difficult life can be. This book should be required reading for all junior high English classes.

I really enjoyed this book, even if most of it was a lie.

I know little about the controversy surrounding the author and whether some parts of this book are really true. Too me, it doesn’t matter. This was a well-written, emotional, heartfelt book. And even if ½ is true, I don’t care. I still liked it. The book is about Frey and his time in rehab. It talks about how he dealt with it, how he related to his family and the friends he met while he was there. He also relived his horrible nightmare as an addict. IT kept my attention from beginning to end. I am heading over to my wish list to add Frey’s other book.

Loved it! Could not put it down!

Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

This is a terrifying novel about drug and alcohol addiction and rehabilitation. Anyone who has been or is in rehab for anything should be required to read this book. Anyone who has family members in rehab should read this book. Basically, everyone over the age of 14 should have to read this book.

It depicts the horrible tragedy of addiction and how Mr. Frey overcomes it. He knows that he has an addiction problem when he wakes up on a plane not knowing how he got there, where the plane is going, or how he got a broken nose and a hole through his cheek. When the plane lands, he gets off the plane and has his parents drive him to rehab, where he receives detoxification and learns how to control his drinking and drug addictions.

The book is his journey through rehab and how be becomes a better person. There is a lot of vulgarity and things that seem inappropriate but are a must for the story. The language is probably how everyone talked and the extreme drug situations are really what he went through.

There has been a lot of controversy over this book because there are parts that are "embellished" and altered. If you can see though all of that, then this book is truly amazing. I wouldn't suggest reading this book if you are under the age of fourteen due the language and theme of the book. You also might not want to read A MILLION LITTLE PIECES if you have a faint heart or easily get sick to your stomach because there are some extremely graphic scenes in the book. This is one I highly recommend, though.

Very revealing.