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Rating  - Fascinating trip down a very dark street
I read this book after reading "Beautiful Boy" and was eager to see what the other side of the story looked like. What Nic was experiencing was even more dreadful than his father imagined. Unlike other reviewers, I think Nic offers some insights, maybe tentative ones, into why he becomes an addict. As a former high school teacher and the teacher of a college class in young adult literature, I have to comment on the publication of this book by a young readers press. The book if legitimately and accurately full of drugs, sex, and very graphic language. I would suggest that school librarians be especially cautious before shelving this title. I defend the right of students to read this book and I think a lot will find this book interesting, but I am not sure it is written for them. I agree with other reviewers that the liveliest writing is in the drug use section. What more mature readers may see as appaling, younger readers might view as intriguing and inviting. As others have noted, Nic does seem to come out all right in the end. It may be a real challenge to make rehab as interesting as life on the street. I think this book would provide one valuable perspective for anyone who has to deal with those who are in the grips of addiction.
Rating  - The road down the rat hole
Writing style clear and easy to follow. Some of author's insights were stunningly clear and appear honest. Sad and sickening was the realization of how many other people this addict/author has damaged, abused, destroyed, and otherwise taken advantage of in the process of his addiction.
A couple of times this reader got bogged down in the repetition of the author's days spent searching for, getting, and then using his drugs. The daily recitations became boring.
Worth a read to understand what goes on in the mind of an addict. Perhaps others can learn how better to protect themselves from the hell wroght by the addict. Perhaps not.
Rating - Tweak
Having worked with many addicts, this book is an accurate portrayal of where addiction leads you. The author is lucky to be alive.
Rating  - I can't do it
I read David Sheff's Beautiful Boy and wept. The thought of paying money to Nic Sheff for his side of the same story is a great struggle. The problem is that if children who have not yet tried drugs hear this (and other similar) stories, what will they make of it? People who overcome their addictions fail to make the point of the horrible damage drug/alcohol abuse causes. A child will weigh the possibilities and see someone like Nic who has emerged a published author, and therefore, an addict who can function and earn a decent living. The question then becomes, "If Nic Sheff (or other addicts in the limelight) can do drugs and still have a good life, why shouldn't kids or young adults try drugs? It would be phenomenal if Nic Sheff didn't spend his earnings from this book on drugs. It would be beautiful if Nic Sheff lived the rest of his life clean and productive and happy. I wish this for his family. But I just can not know that I have given him a penny toward possible further abuse and pain inflicted on himself or the people who love him.
I get that this is just a guy telling his story to anyone who may be intersted. And, I am interested. But I just can't do it.
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