Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (6-Oct-2011) Paperback

by Anonymous

Unknown Binding

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Jillian Veach · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Is Not a book I would have picked up to read, but I was gifted the book from a friend. I felt like it was very eye opening. How quick and easily someone can become addicted and an insight into what the addict could go through, mentally and physically. A short, easy, intriguing read.

[Susan Wilders · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this when I was a teenager and just now to refresh myself of the details. I’m not really sure if I would want for my teenager to read it. Should they read it for awareness of what can happen? Possibly, but only after a very frank discussion with them.

[Giorgos Amarantos · Rating 3 out of 5]

From the beginning, I was not very into the book. Alice felt a little distant as every entree in her diary was about a paragraph every 3 days. In those 3 days, it seemed like something new had happened and I was trying to understand so quickly. For example, one entree she was writing about how she wanted to become a social worker and the next was that her piano teacher had invited her to an event. I hadn’t read about a piano teacher in the previous pages. However, the mental health and drug deals for a teenager that this book mentions is awakening. I read about Alice running away from home two times and getting carried away with drugs. It explains addiction, HOWEVER, doesn’t educate, just explains what one with an addiction feels. Beautiful part of the story.
One thing that I wish we got during this book, was more with the beautiful romance. It was mentioned that the boy was sending letters, pages long, but never got a single sentence from those letters. He was even sending letters to her parents while she was in the mental hospital and the parents would give it to her in there. Overall, I felt this book was not entirely realistic. I saw the beauty in it but it was not reached. I definitely did not cry over this book as others did. It definitely wasn’t terrible therefore, three stars. Easy, short read.

[Bree Farrelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this book honestly just made me feel really sad the whole time. I guessed before reading the book that she was going to die from an overdose at the end, so every time she wrote that she was clean or that she was never going to do it again, I just felt sorry for her more than anything. It’s a really heavy feeling.

I’m also still not sure what to think about whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. It’s written like a real diary and it definitely feels real while you’re reading it, which makes the whole thing hit a lot harder. Either way, it paints a really bleak picture of how quickly things can spiral.

I didn’t love the book, but it stuck with me emotionally, and I believe I will always think of it.

[Sophie Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a heartbreaking book. The claws of addiction will dig themselves into anyone they don’t care who.

A 15 year old who was given drugs as a joke game with her friends turns into a heartbreaking addiction. The end was so beautiful a change of life for Alice and that last page brought me to tears.

God love all those who fall victim to addiction it is truly such a sad sad illness

[Aria Spradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was an amazing book! And the fact that she relapsed so many times and still got back up and then was still worried about relapsing, and then she would relapse again was like mind blowing. I felt very attached to the character from like the first diary entry.

[Megan Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fact that this book was written in the 70s but still seems so real. The way it is written is from this teenage girl. Her relapses and way she wrote was truly great. I think she struggled with everything and relapsed so much. I honestly wish there was more

[Jack Mulcahy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book feels like a time capsule from the late 60's. The crystal clear image of the intersectionality between being a girl, being white and middle class and using substances comes through powerfully.

[Veyrith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a fan, I understand that this ‘true’ story is not actually true, and despite it being 50 years old, this does not excuse the homophobia, transphobia, and fat-phobia.

[Amie Bah · Rating 3 out of 5]

its good but i heard that it could be an anti drug book someone randomly wrote abd not a diary so it made it harder to read

[Leeanne Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

The message in this book deserves 5 stars!

[Carmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heartbreaking

[Carole Manners · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerfully written in diary form as if it were Alice's own diary but it is, in fact, a book of fiction

[Brian Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very impactful read when I was a kid. No idea what I’d think of it now.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

absolutely terrific read!

[Joanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was not impressed after the first several pages
Just seemed to phoney to be a 15 year old diary

[Nadine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very realistic (from personal experience). A Must read for every middle-School aged child in my opinion.

Growing up you get warned not to run with the wrong crowd but just as this book highlights - the nice, successful, educated people just as much fall und pull others into addiction.