Now that we know that Beatrice Sparks and all the books she "edited" are all fakes, what do you think about the one that started it all?
I have read only Go Ask Alice, and my biggest problem with it is that it isn't well written or well researched. I can live with the fact that it's not actually the diary of a dead teenager. But not only is it fake, it's silly.
The book made no mention of any drugs other than marijuana and LSD, neither of which is addictive, and neither of which can cause a person to OD. And yet Alice became so addicted to them they she ran away from home to become a prostitute and ODed.
The book describes the drug use in great detail, and only casually mentions the things that teenagers care the most about. It doesn't read like a real diary.
Anyway, these are my thoughts. What do you think?
I have read only Go Ask Alice, and my biggest problem with it is that it isn't well written or well researched. I can live with the fact that it's not actually the diary of a dead teenager. But not only is it fake, it's silly.
The book made no mention of any drugs other than marijuana and LSD, neither of which is addictive, and neither of which can cause a person to OD. And yet Alice became so addicted to them they she ran away from home to become a prostitute and ODed.
The book describes the drug use in great detail, and only casually mentions the things that teenagers care the most about. It doesn't read like a real diary.
Anyway, these are my thoughts. What do you think?