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Apr 20, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This story was very eye-opening and shocking for me to read. I think it was highly effective, and that it's clearly speaking for young teens to restrict themselves from the usage of drugs. Despite being a good-read, I personally found it disgusting and scarring. It is about a young girl who writes in a diary about her experience of drugs. She abuses the drugs and drives herself into a deep hole of despair and addiction. SPOILERS: There is a tragic ending! This story is not for the faint of heart, for it is very scarring and quite frightening. - @SecretBlossom of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library Go Ask Alice is written in the form of diary entries from the perspective of a 15-year-old girl. It strongly represents the unfortunate realities connected to the lives of young drug users. The book focuses on the life of a teenage girl who wants to be happy and accepted by others. Her life is normal, until she falls prey to drug addiction. While reading the book, my heart repeatedly ached by the hope and disappointment I felt at the girl’s outlook on life and her attempts to make everything better. Go Ask Alice illustrates how an innocent life can be damaged beyond repair because of one small misstep. To the young girl, drugs, at first, seem like a way to be happy. Eventually, they prove to be nothing but a source of utter helplessness and despair. Go Ask Alice is a tragedy based on drug abuse. It is intensely heart-rending. Rating 5/5 - @VirtueofReading of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library Go Ask Alice by Anonymous was a completely eye-opening book that both broke my heart, and made me realize the morals of life although they weren’t mentioned. The book was filled with the diary of a teenager who was given a drink laced with LSD and from then on entered the world of drugs. Along with drugs came many other horrors like uncontrolled sex and hallucinations that invaded the subject’s mind every time she took a trip. The subject’s diaries really made me understand the life of people who are hooked on drugs, and how one decision to take drugs can split your future into two different paths. I speak of the character as the “subject,” because the diaries are of a real person, a real teenager who experienced the horrific world of insanity. She was anonymous, but her identity didn’t matter, because it was what she went through that can affect the people who read this book. Many times this book made me cry and it also made me understand the life of a drug user. I give this book a 5/5 rating. I recommend this book to readers 14 and up. - @ilovefood of The Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board