Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva have one thing in common: They're addicts. Addicts who have hit rock bottom and are stuck together in... read full description
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Dec 27, 2011
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There are books that make you say “wow”, but then there are books that make you stop, think, and then respond with “wow”. If you’re wondering which category Clean falls into; it’s the latter.
If there’s one thing I hate about reviewing books, it is reviewing books that I love. In fact, sometimes I fear the moment I will finish reading a book I’m enjoying because I know what comes next: the review. “Do I have to do it?” I’ll silently moan More...
There are books that make you say “wow”, but then there are books that make you stop, think, and then respond with “wow”. If you’re wondering which category Clean falls into; it’s the latter.
If there’s one thing I hate about reviewing books, it is reviewing books that I love. In fact, sometimes I fear the moment I will finish reading a book I’m enjoying because I know what comes next: the review. “Do I have to do it?” I’ll silently moan More...
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Nov 22, 2011
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Let's start with introductions, shall we? After all, there are five stories to keep track of in this one, so one must keep sharp. Behold:
Kelly: she's the "every girl" here. She's the one we're a hop, skip, and a blown line away from becoming. If you think it's not possible to fall down the slippery slope of drug addiction, her story of unfortunate circumstances, naive curiosity, mean men and low self-esteem might get you thinking twice.
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Kelly: she's the "every girl" here. She's the one we're a hop, skip, and a blown line away from becoming. If you think it's not possible to fall down the slippery slope of drug addiction, her story of unfortunate circumstances, naive curiosity, mean men and low self-esteem might get you thinking twice.
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Oct 13, 2011
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I loved that ending :) Feeling warm and fuzzy on the inside.
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Clean is a hard book for me to review. It deals with dark subject matter and is really just an emotional ride.
I've read a fair number of stories that focus on abuse, addiction, eating disorders, etc. but I've never read one quite like Clean. This is due to the fact that there are five different perspectives to take into account: Kelly, Olivia, Jason, Christopher and Eva. More...
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Clean is a hard book for me to review. It deals with dark subject matter and is really just an emotional ride.
I've read a fair number of stories that focus on abuse, addiction, eating disorders, etc. but I've never read one quite like Clean. This is due to the fact that there are five different perspectives to take into account: Kelly, Olivia, Jason, Christopher and Eva. More...
Jul 17, 2011
Tina
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When I decided to read Clean by Amy Reed, I was fresh from finishing Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson, so the entire setting felt a little bit familiar. Clean however is far from the mixed genre that Ultraviolet was -- this is contemporary YA through and through, something that deals with something I haven't really quite read about much but means a lot right now: addiction and rehab.
Clean is about five teenagers Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason More...
When I decided to read Clean by Amy Reed, I was fresh from finishing Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson, so the entire setting felt a little bit familiar. Clean however is far from the mixed genre that Ultraviolet was -- this is contemporary YA through and through, something that deals with something I haven't really quite read about much but means a lot right now: addiction and rehab.
Clean is about five teenagers Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason More...
Feb 01, 2012
Patrick
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Clean by Amy Reed was suprisingly good! I heard very little things about Clean by Amy Reed, so when I saw it at my library I had to try it out for myself. I finished this book in one sitting because it was true, real, and honest. There something about people dealing with intense problems like being addicts really got to me and maybe that's why I enjoyed Clean! ;) The book was also written ina fun, quirky way it was easy to More...
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Clean by Amy Reed was suprisingly good! I heard very little things about Clean by Amy Reed, so when I saw it at my library I had to try it out for myself. I finished this book in one sitting because it was true, real, and honest. There something about people dealing with intense problems like being addicts really got to me and maybe that's why I enjoyed Clean! ;) The book was also written ina fun, quirky way it was easy to More...
Jan 24, 2012
Jasmine
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~~~~ First Review Alert~~~
I really enjoyed this book and it was a fast read. I found her characters to be very relatable and realistic. I was intrigued by nearly all of them. Each was dealing with some complex issue that either started their drug use or lent a helping hand to keep it going. Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva are four teenagers stuck together to face their problems in rehab. I couldn't just pick character to be my favorite since the book is told in various POV t More...
I really enjoyed this book and it was a fast read. I found her characters to be very relatable and realistic. I was intrigued by nearly all of them. Each was dealing with some complex issue that either started their drug use or lent a helping hand to keep it going. Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva are four teenagers stuck together to face their problems in rehab. I couldn't just pick character to be my favorite since the book is told in various POV t More...
Nov 05, 2011
Richie
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17 July 2011 CLEAN by Amy Reed, Simon Pulse, July, 2011, 288p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-344-3
"All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control.
A plague upon your ignorance and the gray despair of your ugly life.
Where did Annie go when she went to town?
Who are all those creeps that she brings around?
All your children are poor unfortunate victims of lies you believe.
A plague upon your ignorance that keeps the you More...
"All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control.
A plague upon your ignorance and the gray despair of your ugly life.
Where did Annie go when she went to town?
Who are all those creeps that she brings around?
All your children are poor unfortunate victims of lies you believe.
A plague upon your ignorance that keeps the you More...
Oct 21, 2011
Barbara
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Oct 20, 2011
Rebecca
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So, why would one (especially someone who was a teen a decade before the 21st century dawned) read a book about teens in rehab? I kept asking myself this question while reading this book. Answer? Because I wanted to know what happened to these kids. (OK, that doesn't explain why I picked it up in the first place, but...)
Kelly, Jason, Christopher and Eva have already been a psych group in the unnamed center for several days before Olivia joins them. Each kid has a different addict More...
Kelly, Jason, Christopher and Eva have already been a psych group in the unnamed center for several days before Olivia joins them. Each kid has a different addict More...
Sep 29, 2011
Mandy
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Clean is a story about five kids from completely different background who are all thrown into the same rehab group together.
From the beginning, Reed shows her talent for different writing styles and different perspectives. From introspective Eva to sassy, hard-headed Kelly, Reed does an excellent job at showing all of the characters' growth and changing emotions. The chapters are told from different perspectives: some as monologues, some as essays, some as transcribed group sessi More...
From the beginning, Reed shows her talent for different writing styles and different perspectives. From introspective Eva to sassy, hard-headed Kelly, Reed does an excellent job at showing all of the characters' growth and changing emotions. The chapters are told from different perspectives: some as monologues, some as essays, some as transcribed group sessi More...
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Sep 02, 2011
Vanessa
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Before starting on this book, I was rather hesitant, as sometimes, books containing taboo subjects don't work out as well as expected. However, I felt that Amy Reed executes this book perfectly.
Through 5 different POVs(Christopher, Kelly, Eva, Olivia and Jason), we see them describing how they first got addicted, how their family also affected why they chose to take drugs or alcohol. The more I read, the more I wanted to comfort them, for the horrors they faced, for their insecuritie More...
Through 5 different POVs(Christopher, Kelly, Eva, Olivia and Jason), we see them describing how they first got addicted, how their family also affected why they chose to take drugs or alcohol. The more I read, the more I wanted to comfort them, for the horrors they faced, for their insecuritie More...
Aug 21, 2011
Ashley
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So it is 2am and I just finished Clean. 2am finishes are generally a good sign.
I really liked this book. Through alternating voices we get the story of five teenagers in a 90 day program they all have different and similar issues: addiction being the big one, just differing drugs of choice.
I like that of the different voices there was a diversity that truly exists in addiction, it is not limited to poor or rich or in between anyone can be an addict. This book also imparted More...
I really liked this book. Through alternating voices we get the story of five teenagers in a 90 day program they all have different and similar issues: addiction being the big one, just differing drugs of choice.
I like that of the different voices there was a diversity that truly exists in addiction, it is not limited to poor or rich or in between anyone can be an addict. This book also imparted More...
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Aug 14, 2011
For those who can’t get enough of Celebrity Rehab, Amy Reed’s Clean offers a voyeuristic look into the lives of five teens forced to face their addiction in rehab. Kelly, Christopher, Eva, Olivia, and Jason all come from very different walks of life, but whether they want to believe it or not they all have something in common. In a series of personal narrative essays and script-like group therapy sessions, readers discover how kids from all walks of life came together to deal with their dangerou
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Aug 07, 2011
Lisa
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It's always a little bit hard to talk about a novel that is quite raw and emotional, and Clean is not exception. This novel follows five teenagers on their journey through rehab. Each of these characters are unique and have problems that go further then what drug they were addicted to.
Amy Reed did a wonderful job at engaging the readers and making them care for these five teenagers. One minute you felt their pain and the next minute their rage. There were moments of feeling compl More...
Amy Reed did a wonderful job at engaging the readers and making them care for these five teenagers. One minute you felt their pain and the next minute their rage. There were moments of feeling compl More...
Aug 07, 2011
Danielle
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Teens experience quiet a few “firsts”, from jobs to cars and potential loves. It’s not often a person’s first time in rehab happens during their teens, but for Olivia, Kelly Chris, Jason and Eva rehab is a part of their teenage experience. Each suffering various forms of addiction and each in need of the other, though they may not know it yet. During their time together in rehab they’ll learn to overcome not only their addictions, but their aversion to the others who will become their greatest s
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Aug 03, 2011
Tee loves Kyle Jacobson
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Warning: This book is so captivating and told from different points of views that I could not put it down once I started reading it. Holy Cow is what I would say :)
My Rating: 5 of 5
My Cover Thoughts: This cover really draws you in because it is of a girl sitting on the floor in am empty room staring off into space. It makes you wonder what she is thinking about. She could be high or she may be detoxing it is for the reader to decide.
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My Rating: 5 of 5
My Cover Thoughts: This cover really draws you in because it is of a girl sitting on the floor in am empty room staring off into space. It makes you wonder what she is thinking about. She could be high or she may be detoxing it is for the reader to decide.
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Aug 03, 2011
Joni
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I have read a lot of books about addiction and rehab facilities and this has to be one of my favorites. I really liked the structure of it, how you got the perspective of all of the characters, not just the main one. The book revolves around five teens in a drug and alcohol rehab center located near Seattle. There is Kelly the coke addict and alcoholic, Christopher the meth addict, Eva the painkiller and weed addict, Jason who is strictly an alcoholic, and then Olivia, the new girl, who is addic
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Jul 21, 2011
Jade
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I always struggle with how to start reviews for hard hitting, emotional contemporary books, and I have to say that those words totally describe Clean. I've heard this book described as 'The Breakfast Club in Rehab' and I have to say that pretty much nails it.
We get these five teens, all in rehab because of their own addictions, all of them with a history and a not so glamorous background. We see these teens thrown toge More...
I always struggle with how to start reviews for hard hitting, emotional contemporary books, and I have to say that those words totally describe Clean. I've heard this book described as 'The Breakfast Club in Rehab' and I have to say that pretty much nails it.
We get these five teens, all in rehab because of their own addictions, all of them with a history and a not so glamorous background. We see these teens thrown toge More...
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Jul 17, 2011
Shanyn
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Clean is a book I read for two reasons: one, it's contemporary, and two, I really like the cover. I meant to read Amy Reed's first book, Beautiful (I like that cover, too), but I never got my hands on it.
Clean is all about five kids in rehab for various drugs and other addictions. When a book is going to be based in a rehabilitation center, it makes it really hard for me to read five different perspectives, because that nearly guarantees I won't have a deep connection with any of the More...
Clean is all about five kids in rehab for various drugs and other addictions. When a book is going to be based in a rehabilitation center, it makes it really hard for me to read five different perspectives, because that nearly guarantees I won't have a deep connection with any of the More...
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Jul 15, 2011
Carina
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Five teenagers. Five different addictions. One rehab center.
For Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva, teenage life is a harsh wake up call. These teens aren't worrying about prom, or passing English honors. They've been forced into a Seattle rehab center with little choice but to face each other day after day and learn to come to terms with the mistakes they've made, even if it was never their fault to begin with. Despite how supportive, rich, abusive, uncaring, or naive each of More...
For Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva, teenage life is a harsh wake up call. These teens aren't worrying about prom, or passing English honors. They've been forced into a Seattle rehab center with little choice but to face each other day after day and learn to come to terms with the mistakes they've made, even if it was never their fault to begin with. Despite how supportive, rich, abusive, uncaring, or naive each of More...
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Dec 27, 2011
Aniytlia
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how far can you fall before you finally pick yourself back up?
This seems to be the eternal message resonating throughout the lines of this novel as it tells the story of five teenagers attempting to pick themselves up before they finally hit rock bottom, some succeeding, while others do not.
If you love dystopia, anything remotely resembling any of Tabitha Suzuma's work, Crank or its brothers, or any other novel or bit of writing that focuses on the very depths of the hu More...
This seems to be the eternal message resonating throughout the lines of this novel as it tells the story of five teenagers attempting to pick themselves up before they finally hit rock bottom, some succeeding, while others do not.
If you love dystopia, anything remotely resembling any of Tabitha Suzuma's work, Crank or its brothers, or any other novel or bit of writing that focuses on the very depths of the hu More...
Aug 15, 2011
Guen the Random Girl
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Taken from my review of Clean at Pulse It
How can I put into words how much I fell in love with this book? But that's the point isn't it? To say how much we liked, disliked, love, hated it? Well I loved it, if you couldn't already tell.
I'll admit, I was a bit hesitant about whether I was going to pick this book up or not. I'd glad I picked it up, though. Because like all those drug recovery stories out there, this served as a real eye opener. That was the big thing--havi More...
How can I put into words how much I fell in love with this book? But that's the point isn't it? To say how much we liked, disliked, love, hated it? Well I loved it, if you couldn't already tell.
I'll admit, I was a bit hesitant about whether I was going to pick this book up or not. I'd glad I picked it up, though. Because like all those drug recovery stories out there, this served as a real eye opener. That was the big thing--havi More...
Jul 04, 2011
Book Twirps
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Meet Kelly, Olivia, Christopher, Jason and Eva. All of them are teens with promising futures. All of them are addicts.
These five kids all come from different backgrounds and they all have different addictions. They’re being forced to reevaluate themselves in a suburban rehab center for teens. Some of them want to change, while some of them still won’t admit they have a problem. They’re all going to have to work together as a group to find themselves again, and put themselves on the roa More...
These five kids all come from different backgrounds and they all have different addictions. They’re being forced to reevaluate themselves in a suburban rehab center for teens. Some of them want to change, while some of them still won’t admit they have a problem. They’re all going to have to work together as a group to find themselves again, and put themselves on the roa More...
Apr 01, 2011
Clean is a powerful book about teens in a rehab center. It focuses on 5 different teens, two boys and three girls. I think that it's amazing how Amy wove their tales together, how they interacted with each other, but most distinctly, I really was impressed at how she was able to give them each a unique voice. They all had different things that led them to drugs or alcohol, but I love how they are able to band together, forgetting those differences and seeing each other as real people with rea
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Aug 14, 2011
Tara
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For a Drug Rehab book it was oh-so-very tame. Maybe I have been hardened because I think I've read about 90% of the drug memoirs and fiction out there, so this kind of fell flat for me. Also shows like Intervention make seeing the degenerate world of drug addiction appear so commonplace. I happened to read about 300 pages of Ellen Hopkins "Impulse" last week on vacation, and it was hard for me not to compare the two stories. Perhaps since Impulse seemed much darker and...dirtier. Clea
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Aug 10, 2011
L_manning
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Clean is the story of 5 teens in rehab. Each of them had different lives and upbringings, and each of them had a different drug of choice. They all shared addiction and the need to get help, so now they are all in the same rehab center. This book follows all 5 of them through various stages of recovery. Even though they come from very different backgrounds and lifestyles, they seem to bond over their shared problems.
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As you can imagine, a book about teens in rehab is rather hard to r More...
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Nov 29, 2011
EParkinson
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Although Amy Reed had good intentions with Clean , she completely missed the mark. Unlike Amy Efaw's After or Patricia McCormack's Cut , Reed's novel is unauthentic and often times seems forced. She lacks a focus (a story surrounding just one of the characters would have been more effective then trying to connect all five characters' stories), and instead of being gritty and daring, Reed's writing often becomes offensive and unnecessary. The message of addiction could have been just as ef
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Sep 30, 2011
Jake
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When I was growing up, my family moved a lot. Like, a lot. By the time I was 14 I was living in my third state in five years and attending my fifth school. That's when I discovered the library.
I'm not sure if it was just the tiny library in upstate New York, or the general state of YA literature back then, but there was a lot of British YA about drug addicts and delinquent kids. I read everything I could get my hands on, reading as many as 7 or 8 books a week in the summer. So I More...
I'm not sure if it was just the tiny library in upstate New York, or the general state of YA literature back then, but there was a lot of British YA about drug addicts and delinquent kids. I read everything I could get my hands on, reading as many as 7 or 8 books a week in the summer. So I More...
Sep 05, 2011
Liss
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This is the story of Olivia, Jason, Kelly, Christopher and Eva. All of them addicts. To heroin, alcohol, pills, it doesn't matter, they're addicts, they are only 17 and in rehab. In general, it was a good book, but it had too many "like" for me, it started to annoying me at some time. Here's an example: "I , like, totally have a right to be grumpy" and those kept all the book, sometimes more than once in every page. That's my only complain, overall, it was a great story. They
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Aug 19, 2011
Rabiah
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Originally Posted at: http://iliveforreading.blogspot.com/2011...
**This Review is based on an ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy). The final cover/text may change.**
The thing I find about books about rehab, drug addiction etc. is that it's so painfully real. It's just so scary to know that thousands and thousands of people could be going through this exact same thing, what's happening during the course of this novel. Clean was completely the opposite of it's title: it's filled with More...
**This Review is based on an ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy). The final cover/text may change.**
The thing I find about books about rehab, drug addiction etc. is that it's so painfully real. It's just so scary to know that thousands and thousands of people could be going through this exact same thing, what's happening during the course of this novel. Clean was completely the opposite of it's title: it's filled with More...
