Eva Marie L. (babyjulie) - , reviewed on 6/21/2009 + 336 more book reviews

This was awful. I read Go Ask Alice as a kid and I even bought it again a few years ago and plan on rereading it and possibly keeping for my daughter but this was just trash. Pure trash. No kid talks, thinks, or writes like this. I always heard the rumors about the so called "diaries" she found and about people not believing that they are what she says. People that think she in fact wrote the books herself while claiming to have "found" diaries.
I did think it was wierd that she was just happening to "find" diaries that so convienantly fell into the different catergories. The teenage pregnancy, the drug use, the teacher who sexed up the student, etc. But hey, weirder things have happened right? I like to believe in anyone until I have a reason not to and I never had a reason when it came to Sparks...until now.
This was so obviously written by an older person trying to act like a younger person. It was screaming out throughout the entire book. She tried to act naive, she tried to use big words and then act like she didn't know the meaning, she tried to use the slang, everything. And she failed at everything she did in the book.
This wouldn't have worked in the 50's and it's not working now. It's useless and a waste of paper. If you're thinking about trying to find a book for a reluctant reader or your child just keep it moving...this is not it. You might make your kid never trust your taste in reading again.

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