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Summary: very scary "True Story"
Review: I read this book when I was 15 ( I'm now 31) and I have never forgot about it, I had nightmares for months and was afraid of the dark after I read it. This book is only for mature people, I would not recommend it to anyone under 17 or not mature. It is a journal of a boy that felt lost and got messed up with the wrong crowd, became a drug addict and a Satan worshipper. He tells details on everything he experienced, the powers he got, the demon named Roul that visited him many times (which is a real demon that was thrown out of heaven with Satan by God). I want to read this book again and I am still scared of it. Anyone that has ever thought about getting into the occult should read this and see for yourself what Satan will do for you, (NOTHING BUT EVIL, PAIN, HARDSHIP, DEATH AND HELL) it shows that he is greatly decieving, he loves no one and just want you to burn in hell as he is going to when things come to an end. This is really the scariest book ever, I don't know why there hasn't been a movie made out of it yet as it could help alot of lost people.
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Summary: Ok book
Review: I bought this book right after I had been obsessing over "Go Ask Alice", I assumed it would be just as good, but it wasn't exactly as good as I thought it would be.The story is true and very depressing, but some stuff Jay did seemed pretty unrealistic or weird to me, and I found it extremely depressing, more depressing than any other Beatrice Sparks books I have read. I found it hard to relate to this book as much as I did to the others, and it was very tragic. Still it was not bad and definately a worth read.
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Summary: Jays Journal
Review: This book is amazing...creepy at times, but I really like it. I suggest if you liked Go Ask Alice, you will probably enjoy this book.
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Summary: Jay's Journal
Review: Jay's Journal
Anonymous, edited by Beatrice Sparks
Reviewed by Ericka Cuevas They say curiosity killed the cat. This old saying is proved true by Jay , the main character in Jay's Journal. By reading this book you'll learn that drugs and satanism are two addictions you never want to experience. Jay is a lonely, depressed teenager that tried to escape his way out of problems by getting into drugs. His drug use gets him sent to a rehabilitation center, where he meets Pete, a guy that gets him into satanism. Satanism leads him into a dark tragical path and ending. In the world of satanism Jay experiments a lot of strange and creepy things such as witchcraft , the use of the Ouija board, animal sacrifices, and contacts spirits from the after life world. Because of Jay two of his best friends got into this too and their ambition of fame and fortune make them pay a much higher price than they ever thought. They are in a situation which seems not to have a escape or way back. The book is intense and makes you want to know more and more as you read it. From the editor of Go Ask Alice, Beatrice Sparks brings to you Jay's Journal letting other teenagers think about all this situations in a serious way, because it is not a game.
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Summary: The scariest thing I have ever read.
Review: Jay was just a teenager. A 16 year old that had so much potential: a 149 iq, president of the debate club, good grades, a girlfriend, a good friends. But his life went horribly wrong. Even in the beginning of his journal, Jay dabbled curiously in the occult: Oujea boards, auwas, and auras. The tone he was using suggested that he could handle it, that it was just his hobby that can be dropped anytime. But his hobby turned into an obsession, and soon he was playing with the dark forces of evil: animal sacrifices and black witchcraft. Throughout the second half of his journal, he kept saying that HE WOULD GET OUT. And yet, he was trapped in his world. He is trapped with a demon, Raul, that won't stop hovering over him. Right until the end, he makes desperate attempts to break out of his world once and for all, even saying in one of his last entries, "I must, I will call the Bishop." When the journal finally stopped with its tragic ending, I was stunned and disturbed. This book is not just a story that is meant to teach kids about staying away from drugs. It is meant to encourage teenagers to believe in their God (or the spirit that offers them love and forgiveness)without hesitation. There are strange and evil forces out there, waiting to prey upon anyone who seems willing. Perhaps Raul is out there... I would not reccmommend this book to teens under sixteen, and only those teenagers that are truely mature enough to read about Jay's unsuccessful battle with life.
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Summary: Jay's Journal
Review: For all of you who may not believe in the truth which lies within this books pages, I am sorry. The events which took place in this book happened in my state, Utah. It happened in a small town called pleasant grove. The events which jay has spoken of are things that can truly happen if you get into the wrong things associated with witchcraft. To all of you who believe this story is just a sham, and there is no reality to it's words, think again. There are dangerous things out there which will remain unseen, until you realize that they are there.
Ignorance is bliss.
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Summary: i guess
Review: i just finished reading this book, it was ok. why just ok? (...) i told her i had bought another book by the same author, thats when she put a thought into my head, she asked how do you know that those books are real? that just right about ruined it for me, i told her that i didnt and that it was dumb if it were true. that put thoughts in my head. the whole time i was reading Jay's Journal i kept think about if these things were true. and come to think of it some of the things in the book seemed coincidental. yea yea i know and if it were real those coincidences would have just be what they are......the truth. but i have had friends that has mixed into things like Jay. i dont know....the book seemed too story-like. maybe my mother absolutly ruined it when she put the thought of it being fiction in my head......
found another book by the same author, just started reading it, It Happened to Nancy.
im most likely wrong, because no one else wrote anything near what i wrote. but all in all the book was good
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Summary: Jay's Journal
Review: Everyone always thinks that nothing like that can happen to there child. This book proves that it does. A lonely and depressed 16 year old boy finds himself thrown into the world of drugs. He steals from his father's pharmacy in order to keep the girl of his dreams happy. When he is caught his parents send him to a rehab center. There he meets someone who helps him get into satanism. The one thing that I hated about this book was that it isn't all real. "Jay", his real name was Alden Barrett grew up in Utah. In 1997 Alden's brother Scott published a book called A Place in the Sun the Truth Behind Jay's Journal. Scott included a facsimile of Jay's original journal. Alden had his problems and did kill himself but he wasn't involved in Satanism at all. Out of the whole book about 25 entries came out of Alden's journal. The other 90+ were either made up or came from other kids that Beatrice Sparks interviewed.
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Summary: self-righteous editor, but a good book
Review: jay's journal was a failed attempt at a book to discourage teenagers from the "evils of drugs and satanism"--but then again, that's not usually why i read books in the first place. what it has ended up becoming is sort of a cult classic here in utah.
it recounts, as can be gathered from the cover, a boy's descent into depression, drugs, satanism, and eventually suicide.
i was a little annoyed at the editing job because it doesn't allow the reader to get a full impression of jay's deepest feelings and emotions. apparently, sparks apparently felt that any sort or swear word or offensive material is evil and needed to be censored at all cost.
if you're looking to be discouraged from the evils that plague our modern day society, something you might try instead of reading this book might be along the lines of...going to church, but if you're looking to read the journals of a troubled youth that's almost too honest at parts, check this book out.
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Summary: like alice
Review: In several ways its like reading "Go Ask Alice" But in my opinion go ask alice is better. I feel sorry for Jay, he drifted off into the world of the O and did some crazy things, things I don't even want to type (involving drinking animal blood) and the devil. In a way I do believe the story to be true, and that Jays story could happen again. Be careful what you wish for!
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