![]() I mean, I've never even smoked cigarettes. ![]() Throughout the book, I found myself with eyes full of tears. The way the book is written, with the stream of consciousness, the lack of quotation marks, and the randomly capitalized words - while this would normally drive me insane, it somehow adds to the book. This man is broken and destroyed and angry. This book, however, I think the fact that it's largely written in stream of consciousness really adds to the experience of reading the book. They're so difficult to read, and I just do not enjoy them - in short, it becomes a struggle. ![]() Normally, I don't enjoy books written in stream of consciousness (William Faulkner, barf.). The book takes place over the amount of time that he is in the clinic. He goes to one of the most successful rehabilitation clinics in the world to fight his addiction. He is an alcoholic and addict who is out of control. The book is a (somewhat fabricated) memoir about 23 year-old James Frey, who wakes up from a raging black out missing teeth and a piece of his cheek. ![]()
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