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Summary: Raw
Review: Frey's account of this period in his life leaves you with an inability to put the book down. It is raw with no apologies given, nor needed. Not for the faint or those afraid to confront reality.
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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: Moved, still catching breath.
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Summary: Garden Variety Addiction + Final Draft = Mediocre Memoir
Review: This is the type of book Vin Diesel would write if you gave him a dictaphone and a pot of coffee.Dear James Frey: The sound you hear coming from the pages of David Foster Wallace is not bells and whistles, but what hard work and intelligence sounds like to the tone deaf. James Frey has said that his next novel is going to be about Jesus, which is fitting, since Frey, much like Jesus before him, lives in a Tribeca loft and wrote the David Schwimmer movie 'Kissing a Fool.' Instead of wasting twenty-five dollars on A Million Little Pieces, go to your local library and borrow Wallace's Infinite Jest. Read the passages that focus on Don Gately. Those who can't let their work speak for itself hire a publicist. James Frey, meet Elizabeth Wurtzel. Maybe when they make a movie out of your life you can star as yourself.
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Summary: frey's little dentist chair
Review: i've never been addicted to crack, but after reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, my body felt addicted...addicted to something. like a teenage boy afraid of being discovered by his mother while reading a porno magazine, the second i finished AMLP it left my hands. i didn't want to touch it ever again, but something within Frey's words kept my mind thinking about the book. the pace with which Frey tells his harrowing life tale of a 13 year addiction to alcohol and other drugs acts like nitrous oxide while you sit in his dentist chair. that part i'm not kidding about. your stomach will turn, body ache, and face contort as you read this book. but never in one second will you think about putting it down. you might take breaks just as a dentist would to ease the pain, but the satisfaction of finishing this book is like no other. it's a happy ending for one, but not for others and you can bet that the next time you look at yourself in the mirror it will be with honest eyes.
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Summary: Addiction is a CHOICE, and Frey readily admits it.
Review: I do not believe in addiction. I believe we all make choices every day on how we want to live. I am not saying it is not a condition, but it is still a conscious choice. We all wake up everyday and choice what we want to be. Some people choose a job and a stable life, and some choose drugs and alcohol. That being, said, I really like this book. The writing is unique and interesting and really drives the point home. An overall great read.
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Summary: This Book Rocks. Period.
Review: Not being as eliquent with words as James Frey is, I struggle to communicate how this book has impacted my life. There is something about it. It is intriguing. It captures you from the very beginning, and I am easily distracted. The writing format keeps you interested along with what is being said. This gives NOTHING away, but he describes drinking coffee in this book to the extent that I ALWAYS think about his description everytime I have a cup of hot coffee - which is every morning. So I think about this book every morning. I don't struggle with addiction. I, of course, know people who do or have. It is just a fabulous book that really changed me. I love this book. Absolutely love it. Will read it again. But am letting it marinate for a while. Please read it. It will move you.
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Summary: Realistic Adventure
Review: James Frey's eye opening book, A Million Little Pieces, digs deep beneath the surface as to what it is like to be in a rehabilitation center dealing with horrible obsessions. Based on a real experience the book begins with James not knowing where he is with the droning of an airplane in his ear. Here readers and Frey begin the fast moving roller coaster of events and emotions. It is a moving story with many characters that come and go with each page. The entire book grasps the topic and ignites it with truth, reality and pain. Readers will venture through his highs and lows each revolving around the fact that James is a crack addict, alcoholic and wanted in three states.
I found the book to be very descriptive and at times hard to read. Since James is a recovering addict so when he is going through withdraws it is sometimes difficult to read the description. Even though some parts were highly detailed the book was still so engaging. I have never read a book that ventured into a topic that was so realistic and I have benefited from his story in many ways. I have not encountered a book besides this in which the story urges me to never become what this character has, or a story that has informed me about the harsh reality of being addicted to drugs.
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Summary: raw
Review: the only word to descibe this incredible story is 'raw' Frey writes in a way that hooks you from the begining and doesn't let you go. he wrote as it was, nothing more nothing less, raw details of what he was thinking, feeling and seeing. amazing!
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Summary: . . . and each and every one interesting
Review: This is a very well written book!! There are a number of lines that are absolutely, absolutely, absolutely incredibly well written poetry!! I am thankful that he lived, and, that he made it, and didn't commit suicide!! Just a few opinions: This is a very 'GUY' book. (Not that it can't apply to women, It can/does, it's just VERY masculine. It would have been nice to be excluded from so much cussing and swearing, but, jokes were made out of each other's cussing and swearing MANY times, and, it was very funny. James tries incredibly hard at everything that he does. James said that he didn't believe that God existed, but, with James' trying with every ounce that he has within him in every area of his life, I see the outline of God in every area of his life/experience. If you enjoyed books such as DRY or Jackson McCrae's CHILDREN'S CORNER then you'll get a kick out of A MILLION LITTLE PIECES. I especially liked the part about when he was in the process of leaving to go commit suicide, and, the incredibly amazing thing that happened that was deep enough, and, caring enough, and, strong enough to prevent that from happening. (I was severely suicidal for years, and, I know that almost never does one meet with someone with enough depth to convince you to not commit suicide.) Finally, initially, right after reading this book, it is very depressing because of James' account that he doesn't believe that God exists, but, encouraging because I see God so clearly in his story.
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Summary: A Million Little Pieces
Review: A very disturbing book that really lets you see inside the mind of a drug addict. The writing was sometimes choppy as Mr. Frey would repeat certain words or phrases.
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