I saw this book on Oprah the other day and was wondering whether to read it or not... she mentioned it like it was her god or something.. but now I've read this..
I wonder if I should bother...
I also read a couple of bad reviews saying to avoid it..
OK, so the guy made it all up... I read fiction too. Is this book worth reading as a FICTION story? Or does it matter that much that the author originally claimed it was true?
If it is possible to greatly dislike someone through their writing, this would be it. The man marketed this book as non-fiction at first. And everyone believed the babble he wrote. He was too cocky, made himself into the loveable drug addict who everyone looked up to. Basically he made himself out to be a God while he was 'supposidly' in rehab. And in the end, it was so surprise that he made himself out to be the ONLY one to basically stay sober and get on with his life. I'm sorry but drug/alcohol addictions are MUCH harder than a simple, No thank you, I don't want alcohol tonight. Especially when it's right under your nose. Though he could have gotten away with it once at the end, there is no way he could have denied himself alcohol again and stayed sober.
Thankfully they exposed this piece of garbage for what it really was: Fiction. I'm glad Oprah tore him a new one when she found it out. I greatly dislike this guy from what he wrote about himself and how he acts in his intervivews.
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