Amanda D. (sandwhichofEVIL) reviewed on 10/9/2009 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

It started out intense and riveting. But by the middle of the book, I was just plain tired of the cheesy, the bitchy, and the overly-dramatic tone the author took on. I can understand artistic license, but on some of these scenes, I couldn't believe he didn't insert a dun-dun-DUN somewhere. And the character James portrays himself as is oddly unrealistic as well: from callous and unfeeling one minute, to a big ball of sensitivity the next without even blinking. To be quite frank, there were moments /I/ couldn't stand his teenage-rebellion style refusal to follow anyone's rules or advice. But of course, unfailingly, something happens immediately afterward to portray him as a saintly hero.

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the author's plight against his addiction, and his desire to share it with others. What I don't appreciate, is the soap-opera he turned his memoir into and the rediculous turns it takes from reality.

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