Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
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Book Summary Author: Nic Sheff Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-02-19 ISBN: 1416913629 Number of pages: 336 Reading Level: Young Adult Publisher: Ginee Seo Books |
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Book Reviews of the Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Customer Review: Could be a good book -- but is so disjointed that it is impossible to follow.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a frustrating book -- it has elements of a good book within it. However, the narrative is so disjointed and poorly constructed that it is difficult to tell if the book is supposed to be non-linear or just a poorly-done linear storyline. Perhaps the author was attempting to replicate the hyperactive mind of someone on methamphetamine. Whatever the reason, the story was so hard to follow that it took a force of effort for me to read past the first ten pages.
The book resembles "A Million Little Pieces" in that it is a mix of novel and memoir providing a raw account about a young twenty-something year old man abusing drugs, while selling both drugs and his body as a male prostitute, and generally acting like a despicable person to line up his next dose of methamphetamines and other drugs. Oh and the protagonist's name is the same as the author's name.
There are some glimmers of a fascinating book in here. The prose is straightforward (even if there are far too many confusing flashbacks). Too bad the glimmers are buried in a book that was crying out for a solid editor.