In Go Ask Alice by Anonymous, Alice is a regular American teenage girl who kept a journal and worried about what every girl her age worries about, such as popularity, boys, and diets. Alice’s family decides to move to another town, Alice was very unhappy with this because she finds herself even less popular than ever before due to the fact that she’s new to the place. As summer came by, Alice had the choice to return to her old town and spend her time there with her grandparents. During the stya Alice decided to throw a party that didn’t end so well. Without knowing she drank a cup of Coca-Cola that had a certain type of drug in it and was given out to the guests. And this is where it all begins, Alice started to get addicted and dependant on drugs and spent time with the “drug crew” because she felt accepted. Alice lived her life for a while dealing with drugs and so forth. Even when she tried to escape from the drugs, they always found a way back to her.My opinion of the book would be that it’s an intense story that gives the readers a wakeup call. It gives you knowledge on how something so small can turn into such a threat and cause harm to your life. That every action you take will make an impact. This story is a perfect example of why everyone should think twice about the actions they take and who they trust. Even when you least expect it, the small choice you make can be a big part of your life.
Reviewed by Willian, grade 12.
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Go Ask Alice, by an anonymous author, is a tragic story written in a diary-like form revealing her personal journey of using drugs. The author seems to be a teenager who is initially victimized by being drugged without her knowing. After only one use, she quickly becomes hooked eventually leading her to be a drug addict. Throughout the diary, she reveals the back and forth conflict she feels between loving the drugs and hating herself for taking them and desiring to quit taking drugs. She runs away several times and eventually returns home with the same purpose, always intending to straighten out her life.
I think this book would be good for a teenager to read to show what can happen to someone who messes around with drugs. The hope would be that this true story might serve as a lesson to others to stay away from drugs.This book is extremely intense and opens the reader’s mind to the devastating effects of drugs. The main character describes her “trips” in such vivid and realistic detail that her story comes alive. The story of the girl made me very sad to a point I was at the verge of tears because as it puts you in the perspective of a drug addict, you realize how torturous their lives are and how much they struggle each day.
Reviewed by: Pamela Nicole Flores, grade 12
Glendale Central Library
Go Ask Alice is a very dark and emotionally in depth story not meant for everyone. It is about a girl who struggles with drug addiction and the culture that goes along with it. After the main character tries drugs for the first time she is very curious to how others will affect her which sends her into an adventure into the world of narcotics. on this journey she meets good friends, shady drug dealers, and clicks of bullies who torture with her drug habits that might haunt her for the rest of her life. At the time in her life that she was introduced to drugs she was very easily molded and influenced. It starts at a party where someone gives her a dose of lsd at a party which at first scares her but eventually she accepts the situation and starts to enjoy the experience which starts her onto a pass thats fraught with dangerous and tough trials. As she gets into the experimenting with marijuana she becomes a dealer for two men. Her and her friend who sell drugs for these two men fall for them and start relationships. But to their surprise they find the two men together one day realizing that they were just being used to sell drugs. After they accept what had happened they report the two men to the police, getting them arrested. This is only the tip of the iceberg for "Alice".
Reviewed by Jonathan M, Grade 12
Montrose Library
Go Ask Alice is a novel written by Beatrice Sparks about an anonymous teenage girl whose life goes out of control after unknowingly being introduced to acid at a party. Anonymous starts off like any teenage girl in high school, innocent and quiet, but when her dad gets a promotion to teach at a college in a different city, so the family moves. She makes a new friend, but during the summer she goes to visit her grandparents in her old hometown and goes to a party where she gets hooked onto acid. The diarist often talks about her weight, boys, sex, her family, and what it's like to be on and off the drugs.
Wow, Go Ask Alice has to be one of the most powerful books I have ever read. After finishing the book, I was shocked and I couldn't believe it was over, I felt like there had to be more because the protagonist had such a story to tell. It truly showed me the negative effects of drugs and their addiction. I really liked how it's written, like not only the perspective, but also the style of the diary form. I would definetely recommend this book to anyone who has ever been curious about drugs, like if you've been debating getting into them, read this book and see how much it changes her, and I'm sure your opinion will change.
Reviewed by Nayri T., Grade 11
Casa Verdugo Library
Go Ask Alice is a diary-styled book about an unnamed fifteen-year-old girl who becomes addicted to drugs and runs away from home. The diary starts about her thoughts on typical teenage problems like crushes and appearance, however, it goes dark very fast when she goes to a party and unknowingly drinks something laced with drugs. The protagonist is very self-destructive and troubled and seems to make all the wrong decisions. It is a cautionary story of what not to do.
This book is a page turner, but possibly for all the wrong reasons. It's so ridiculous and repugnant that you just have to keep reading. Though it does a good job of warning you about the atrocities high schoolers have to face, the story is executed in a very poor way and is most likely a novella of complete and utter fiction. I wholeheartedly believe that teenagers should not be doing drugs, but the way this novel tries to scare you is not the way to go.
Reviewed by Melody S., Grade 9
Montrose Library
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