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|  | Author: James Frey
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Rating:  1849 reviews
Sales Rank: 1841
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307276902
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.29092
EAN: 9780307276902
ASIN: 0307276902
Publication Date: September 22, 2005
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 written beautifully December 27, 2009
Melanie Gonsecki
I was one of those shocked when I found out this book was not real. It turned me off of the book and I have not picked it up since. But a truly intriguing piece of work! The descriptions and his love interest move you through the first half of the book.
This is the best book ever created. November 25, 2009
Roberta Perry
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok...So I am an alcoholic..Im writing a review off my moms thing. I have been sober 14 months..Ok..To all my fellow alcoholics...THIS BOOK IS AMAZING! Ok..SO its fiction...Get over it. Enjoy the book...Come on seriously.
Thats all I got. Enjoy the book for what it is.
I loved it and I don't care what anybody says about it. November 2, 2009
Kerry A. Bangs (Glendale, AZ USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although it's years later, I picked this book up not knowing about its controversy or its history. I just read the book because it seemed interesting. It's the best book I've read in a very long time, and it made me think, made me feel, and made me reflect deeply on myself and my life. No wonder it was successful. I read the book believing that everything was true, but assumed some of it was probably a distortion of memory because of the detox process (such as being dragged into a corner in the medical unit and waking up there the next day. I assumed he may have been there a short time but FELT like it was overnight.)
The day after I finished it, I immediately googled James Frey. I was so curious about what he looked like now, where his life has taken him, and whatever other interesting tidbits. It saddened me when I discovered the incredible controversy of this tale. I have thought long and hard about it, and I decided that I really don't care. I really loved reading this book, and it was very real for me as I was doing so. I feel that it brought to the surface some things I've been feeling about my life, and helped me understand why I do some of the things I do.
I feel sad that James suffered with so much criticism over this book. I read the part of the book that they are inserting, and I think if that had been in the book when I read it, that it would not have mattered to me one way or the other.
I'm glad I read this book. And I'm glad James has his wife and family to support and love him, and I'm glad he is still sober today.
 Oprah's Book Club (at least for a minute!!!) October 31, 2009
Miz Piz (Michigan)
This is my review based on the book prior to finding out that the guy was a fraud and Oprah called him on it. Oprah's book club... A 23 year old drug/alcohol addicts stint in a 6 week rehab center. This book has virtually no punctuation. I guess it's supposed to be written like how an addicts mind thinks maybe? It's all over the place. Sold as a memoir. I enjoyed it even though it was hard to follow, made me open my eyes to things that were basically unknown to me growing up in Podunk, USA. Definitely a good story, maybe a little exaggerated added for a little flavor perhaps but I still liked it!!
Ok now that I know the truth about the author... I still liked the book I really don't care that it wasn't true and that he was a fraud. I don't feel, however, that he wasn't inexperienced though. I think that he has had experience with drunks or addicts albeit not himself I think maybe he has either worked in a rehab center or maybe even a counselor. I think just for drama purposes he wrote himself as an addict. I think it took balls to do this and then to involve the almighty Oprah! But in her defense, she tore him a new butt! Nobody plays Oprah for a fool!!!!
A Million Little Pieces October 22, 2009
Julian Mossey (Oklahoma)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, Great story! I don't care about all the stuff that has been said about the author, James Frey knows how to write a fast pace book.
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