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I read this book over and over and over again-my friends and I were truly obsessed. It's funny now to hear that there is so much criticism about this book's veracity as a diary. I guess I never really thought about that as a tween/teen-I never wondered if it was true or not-I didn't really even think about it I guess. I was fascinated/horrified by the whole drug culture portrayed in this book and for me at 11 or 12, it was truly a cautionary tale-I was terrified (albeit in a watching a train wre
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I thought when I read it over 25 years ago that it was a true diary. Now it's known to be fiction. I still believe it's an important book.
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Definitely reads like what it is -- a diary from a teenager. I liked the insight into the time period, but a lot of it felt overwrought (not surprising -- like I said, it's a teenager's diary, and I was just as angst-filled and melodramatic and self-absorbed when I was that age). It also comes across as preachy. I can't imagine it changing a teenager's mind about drugs (esp. when you combine preachy-ness with how outdated the language is), but maybe I'm wrong. I'm not sorry I read it, but it won
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I remember hearing about this book many years ago and now finally got around to reading it. Interesting read. It is the diary of a young girl who grew up in the 60’s and gets mixed up with drugs. It is pretty sad because you can tell by reading her diary, that she really loved her family. They were a strong family. The parents were together. The girl seems to be like an average teenager. So, you try and figure out what could have possibly gone wrong with this young teenage life? My thought is, p
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i remember reading this book ages ago. it was very good, and could easily be any teenager. i mean, it's still on my bookshelf, that should say something that it survived two moves. it's not exactly a light read, but it's still a good one.
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Quite interesting, very fast. I wouldn't have picked it up had it not been for a reading challenge. Interesting read from a teenager's point of view in the 1960's.
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