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Summary: A must read--- if you can apritiate it.
Review: I'll admit it was good... Very well writen... and yes- chilling. the desend into the dark denying world of drug addiction. I just don't think it really would have happened so fast. If you DO like this book, I highly highly HIGHLY recomend
"Go Ask Alice". It's more- uh -well- um real cause... IT IS!!! If you want a truly terrifying, unbalivably shocking book. read that!
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Summary: This Is An Absolute Must Read... An Amazing Book
Review: Since the reviews here already tell you what it's about, let me just put in my two cent about it. It is THE best book I have ever read. I checked it out from my library one morning just to get a grade for my English class. Little did I know I found my favorite book ever. I started reading it in my second class and finished that afternoon. I couldn't put it down! After I got done reading, I wanted more (It has a shocking ending, I'm not saying that it just leaves you hanging)! I told everyone about it. And, even though I already read it... I'm going to buy it just to have it around... I could honestly read it over 100 times... and still LOVE it!
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Summary: Pfff
Review: It's an easy to read book.. But i find the story of Samantha too "quick" I wouldn't beleive the girl in 24h is a complete addict who needs to get high every hour.. it's i think a little ireealistic...i would rather recommend go ask alice a classic....
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Summary: Hooked till the end
Review: Amazing and Sad at the same time. This story of Samantha sure shows people what its like surviving on their own when things arn't on a good start. In her Journal, she can't even finish an entry without shooting up heroin, sometimes even more then once. Becoming a stripper, she makes a fortune for all the wrong reasons. This story tells the truth about being on drugs, how you feel, and about what love really is. If only samantha really knew who her real friends were, it might have saved her life. Her devotion to her beloved cat Dinah and friend Nicole were the only healthy thing in her past present and possibly her future. Life without drugs didn't exist. Especially since they were right around the corner of the streets in New York. I recomend this book to all teenagers, if you've read Go Ask Alice, then you'll love this book. The ending will deffinately make you want to read it again. -Samantha M. (my name is also Samantha) =)
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Summary: Beauty Queen
Review: If you like novels that grab your attention and deal with drugs use and abuse, Beauty Queen, by Linda Glovach, might be a great book for you. I rated this book a 5 because I could relate to it because one of my friends got hooked on drugs and she wouldn't let anyone help her. Another reason that I liked the book was because it grabbed my attention. It showed me that anyone could get hooked on drugs in a blink of an eye. Sam, the main character, gets caught up in drugs by her peers and ends up getting addicted. Sam wouldn't listen to her best friend Nicole, who was trying to help Sam get off drugs, but Sam said that she had slowed down a lot, which was a lie. A third reason why I liked this book is because the author's theme in this novel is so strong and true. The theme was to be careful whom you trust. Sam's boyfriend was playing around with her heart and playing Sam for a fool. All he wanted was to have sex and leave Sam hanging. Plus, he was a cop and was suspended from the force for raping a rape victim. In conclusion, you should always trust your true friends and listen to what they have to say. I think this novel would be a great story for anybody to read. You could learn a lot about how people think when they are under pressure and what foolish mistakes they can make.
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Summary: Good, but not beautiful.
Review: This book has a strong premise, but the story falters.You'd think an author who had been through heroin addiction would be able to write a more believable, gripping narrative, but that is not the case with Beauty Queen. Sam's journal entries peg her as naive and idealistic, and even in the throes of addiction, she remains unrealistically optimistic. You feel bad for her; not only for her situation, but for the fact that she remains so incredibly oblivious up until the end.This book is akin to Go Ask Alice, minus the introspection. It's a sugarcoated look at the world of heroin, probably most suited for younger, less discerning readers. It lacks the profane truth that i feel is nessacary for a story of this sort to really hit you... If you want a "nicer", more vague account, Beauty Queen is for you. It's worth reading once, but I'd recommend borrowing it from the library or buying it used.
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Summary: :-)
Review: I really liked this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to read fiction about drugs...well, even if you don't, I still recommend it. I couldn't put this book down. Sam, the 19 year-old girl who is writing, falls into heroin and deceit. She makes friends, but they only drag her deeper into the life that is destroying her. She falls in love with a guy who was a cop, and is wanted for arrest. Her new friend, Angelo, tries to keep her from him and keep her in a life that she should be living, and guides her and keeps their friendship alive. I loved this book and I think that anyone who reads it will, too.
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Summary: Easy to read
Review: A review by Allison
This book is about a naive 19-year-old girl named Sam. Sam has several problems in her life. It begins when Sam's boyfriend breaks up with her and she gets depressed about it. Sam has problems with her alcoholic mother and her mother's boyfriend. She finds an apartment to move into so she can get away from her mother. She also gets a new job as a topless dancer. Working at her new job, Sam is introduced to the drug heroin. It is her "magic potion" while she is dancing. The author gives vivid descriptions of Sam of how she feels when she shoots up. "As soon as he left, I danced another set, then went into the bathroom to shoot up again. And I did too much! My heart was racing like mad, almost jumping out of my chest, and I had to lie down on the floor to get myself back together. I felt like I was going to die. My ears closed up and my head felt all fuzzy. Then it slowed down and it was like I was fading away, leaving my body. Then I started to come to." (Page 101.) Linda Glovach, the author, does a great job writing this book. She makes it seem so real with each and every journal entry. She pulls you into Sam's world and makes you feel empathy for her. (...)
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Summary: Go aSK aLiCe...
Review: THiS BooK iS THe "Go aSK aLiCe" oF THe NiNeTieS!
FaNTaSTiC!
i WouLD HaVe GiVeN iT FiVe STaRS, BuT (FoR Me) iT MaDe HeRoiN SeeM a LiTTLe Too GLaMoRouS...FRoM SaM'S PeRSPeCTiVe, iT WaS GLaMoRouS (BeCauSe iT WaS MaGiC FoR Her)...BuT aS a "MeSSaGe To TeeNS" a LiTTLe Too RoMaNTiC.
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Summary: beauty queen
Review: This short book impressed me immensley. Written as a diary. It has the ring of adolescent naivetey. Of young adults raised in families that offer no firm moral guidance. Left to thier own resources, they fall in with the easy slide to drugs, prostitution, the whirlpool for those without the resources to pull away from the turgid side of life. The book is a modern tradgedy. Though it may seem some what contrived in its simplistic, almost predictable course of sequences, unfortunately all to often, this is what happens. We can never be reminded to often.
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