The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
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Book Reviews of The Basketball Diaries
Book Review: entertaining, true that heroin doesn't affect atleticism
Summary: 5 Stars
fun story, sure it's dark but you know what you're getting when you pick it up. I like that this book despite being a novel shows how heroin use doesn't cause health problems other than its addiction. too bad he became a thug on it, which also doesn't need to go hand in hand with drug use despite popular misconception. loved the movie, the book is about as good. can relate to more of this book than probably anyone on amazon (nyc, prep school, former precocious poet & dope user, successful shooting guard, thriving today). not saying that to brag but to say it holds up enjoyably as hell well as an odd mix of biography and novel.Book Review: A true story about the hardships of growing up in New York.
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be amazingly realistic and enjoyable. If I had to prefer a book to someone I would most likely prefer this one. The book is an amazing story about the hardships of growing up in the big city of New York and how so much that goes on is unknown to the people outside of the city. Unlike other books I have read, I found myself actually interested in it. I'm not the one to be reading books but this one was outstanding.Book Review: Like Sandpaper on my tongue
Summary: 5 Stars
This book not only shows the naivity of ourselves, but it shows the strength of a kid living on the streets in New York. He is rough and poetic and thoughtful and Jim Carroll's real life description only brings the world closer to the hope that we might actually be able to survive in this limp world where the crazies roam with the starry eyed dreamers on the streets. Jim wrote with the grace of a cheetah.Book Review: Like Sandpaper on my tongue
Summary: 5 Stars
This book not only shows the naivity of ourselves, but it shows the strength of a kid living on the streets in New York. He is rough and poetic and thoughtful and Jim Carroll's real life description only brings the world closer to the hope that we might actually be able to survive in this limp world where the crazies roam with the starry eyed dreamers on the streets. Jim wrote with the grace of a cheetah.Book Review: full of amaizing artistry and powerful imagery
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a magnficantly portrayed example of what drugs and peer pressure can get a person into. As soon as I picked up the book, I felt that I couldn't put it down and found myself staying up late at night to finish it. Other than causing extreme tieredness, the book could almost be called a "masterpiece."