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Summary: Self-absorbed? Yes, but I still liked it!
Review: Yes, Wurtzel's book is like a train wreck. Yes, she's completely self-absorbed. And yes, she's egotistical as all get-out. Despite these faults (and maybe a little because of them), I loved the book. Wurtzel opens herself wide... to criticism, to scrutiny, to the peering eyes of her readers. She might be annoying and conceited, but she's honest, and her writing style's entertaining to boot. I couldn't put the book down, and I've read it several times besides. As long as you can put up with her self-indulgent nature, you'll like the book.
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Summary: addiction is not pretty
Review: ..as seen in this book, that is written exactly like, go figure, an addict! The reader does not need to be on Wurtzel's side to see and understand the atrocities that addiction and an addictive mindet can have on the lives of addicts and their loved ones.
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Summary: Sexy does not a writer make
Review: There's no question that she's sexy. She's sultry, gorgeous.She is also, without question, one of the worst published writers I have ever encountered. Cliched, unfunny, and unimaginably self-indulgent.
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Summary: Fascinating and Courageous Writing
Review: This follow-up to the 1994 autobiography Prozac Nation might strike some readers as the self-indulgent exercise of a histrionic/narcissistic junkie. While much of Elizabeth Wurtzel's narrative initially seems manic and maniacal, any alert reader will note that she writes with an unabashed honesty, every memory sewn into a much wider fabric of present tense anguish, fear and ultimately, self-discovery. She puts everything out on the line, and the general effect is that of reliving the time of her addiction with her. Mesmerizing in its smooth narrative flow, gripping in its forthright exploration of a damaged spirit, and just plain, good old-fashioned interesting, More, Now, Again will likely teach the reader as much about his-or-herself as it will about the author.
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Summary: She blows me away again
Review: Elizabeth Wurtzel- YOU ROCK! Brilliant! A huge success! It takes a brilliant writer to produce a memoir that is so powerful you find yourself thinking about the book months after you have read it. More, Now,Again is a harrowing account of Elizabeth's addiction to ritalin. You find yourself grossly involved in the minute by minute details of her suffering to her recovery. Beautifully written. Elizabeth Wurtzel is a genius beyond her years. Brutally honest and raw. I feel as though I have known Elizabeth for years...I cannot wait for the next one!
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Summary: Gripping and honest
Review: In Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel delved into her struggles with severe depression, and now she's released another memoir -- this time about her drug addiction. If you're looking for general references and insights on drug addiction, you won't find it in More, Now, Again. Wurtzel bares her soul by sharing her struggles with brutal honesty. She tells it like it is without sugarcoating the events, and I admire her bravery.
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Summary: Wurtzel the stone turner.
Review: "More now, Again" should be required reading for all freshmen level high schoolers. Maybe if they read this unforgettable account of the madness of drug addiction, they may think twice before it happens to them. The book is raw, and Wurtzel, bestselling author, ultra-feminist, and college educated rich brat that she is, simply cannot grasp the smaller things in life, and turns to drugs and men, to help escape her own madness. Her addictions are no different than any common street junkie, but she offers good insight to the "glamorous" world of drug addiction, especially when she misses an all important photo shoot that would leave her image in a giant photo, in the bright lights of Times Square, and perhaps kick off a modeling career (as Wurtzel is ravishingly sexy), but she misses it she is so strung out, and her replacement gets the photo-op instead. She complains bitterly to her agent that life is not fair, unconcerned that since she was sleeping the strung out sleep of the addict after an extended binge, she had kept an entire army of photographers, lighting experts, make-up artists, ect waiting until they left in disgust, costing literally thousands of dollars. Wurtzel is constantly missing appointments, deadlines, and final notices on everything, as nothing is as important to her, as contacting her dealer. She spends much of her time sickly, and malnourished, and even unclean, as common things such as bathing, changing clothes and brushing ones teeth become mere nuicances to the hardcore addict. It stuns the male reader at least, that the men in her life are always fleeting, and seem to always leave her waiting by the phone in tears. The picture on the back cover of the book leaves one baffled, as to why men would run from such a lovely creature. Her trips to rehab are pure folly, or exersizes in futility, as she meets more addicts, and falls for them as well, intensifying her already considerable problems. The end of the book seems....[unreal], as if Lizzie wanted a satisfying, "I won in the end" conclusion, but the reader knows, that she probably scored some more drugs, right after she handed in the manuscript.....Fascinating reading...Recommended.
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Summary: The living Nightmare
Review: Wurtzel leaves no stone unturned as she describes her own addictions, whether they be to Ritalin, Coke, or the seemingly endless chsain of men she cant seem to find true love with. She goes into explicit details about the "glamorous" life of an addict....the vomiting, the shakes, the missed appointments, and the friends who keep telling her, "you need help'. If you have ever known an addict, you will see some familair things going on in the author's life. This book is raww, and real....from the horrors of withdrawl, to the pointlessness of rehab, we see the story of an unhappy, sucessful girl....Great read, recommended.
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Summary: A Memoir of Self-Absorption
Review: The only distinction of this memoir is that it is unusually self-absorbed even for an addict. The author demonstrates a complete lack of empathy for those around her. This personality must have been edited out of Prozac Nation which is a "self-portrayal" of a very different woman. This book is boring, boring, boring. I contemplated a few hits of Ritalin to help get me through it.
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Summary: Beautifully Disturbing
Review: Wurtzel tends to disturb me, fascinate me, compel me, and frighten me. She did it again in this book and I couldn't stop reading it, even though I wanted to stop more than once. This tale is distressing and I felt like I was there with her, going through the same things together. I loved it and I will read it again.
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