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A Million Little Pieces
Product: A Million Little Pieces
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List Price: $15.95
Our Price: $10.85
Your Save: $ 5.10 ( 32% )
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Manufacturer: Anchor
Book written by: James Frey
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Product Description: A Million Little Pieces
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.29092
EAN: 9780307276902
ISBN: 0307276902
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2005-09-22
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: 2005-09-22
Studio: Anchor
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Editorial Reviews about A Million Little Pieces:
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“The most lacerating tale of drug addiction since William S. Burroughs’ Junky.” —The Boston Globe
“Again and again, the book delivers recollections that leave the reader winded and unsteady. James Frey’s staggering recovery memoir could well be seen as the final word on the topic.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A brutal, beautifully written memoir.”—The Denver Post
“Gripping . . . A great story . . . You can’t help but cheer his victory.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Spotlight customer reviews about A Million Little Pieces:
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Summary: A great book thats hard to put down
Comment: Over the years, I wondered how hard it actually is to over come a drug addiction. This book portrayed a terrific perspective on rehab and the recovery process.A Million Little Pieces is one of my favorite all-time books because you are really feeling James pain in graphic, yet thrilling scenes. James Frey writes as himself as he enters the second phase of his life: rehab. You can really get into this books because the problems he faces in this book are life threatening and so unusual.
In the past, I have never read a book that is more inspiring. This book showed that nothing is impossible if you try. James was put into a situation in which he was days away from dying. Each and everyday, he took small steps in his recovery and in the end, he became sober and put his life back on track.
This book is compelling, addicting, and tremendously impacting. If you are having a hard time overcoming a problem, this book is perfect for you.
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Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: I loved this book, novel, memoir, whatever you want to call it. No matter how you want to put it, the words on the pages of this were heartbreaking, meaningful and powerful to the nth degree. Frey obviously had the talent to tell the story to illicit the most of the reader's emotions. To sum it up, one of the best books I have ever read, true or not.
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Summary: 2 1/2. Way over hyped
Comment: "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey
James Frey awakens to find himself on a commercial airliner bound for Chicago. Apparently he has been placed on the plane by a doctor and will be met by his parents when he lands who will deliver him to one of the best addiction treatment centers in the country. Although only 23, James' addiction to alcohol and crack amongst other things has done substantial damage to his body and if he doesn't quit now it isn't likely that he will see 24.
As a stand alone "Fiction" book, "A Million Little pieces" isn't too bad. As a factual memoir it isn't too great. Obviously since its release Frey has come out and admitted that many parts of the book were embellished. My only question is how did anyone believe it was true to begin with? There is no point in rehashing all the details, but there is no shortage of things in this book that are not believable in the least and it makes you wonder how Oprah and crew so easily had the wool pulled over their eyes.
The Good: The story is somewhat compelling and places the main character in some interesting situations and the character himself while not a likeable person definitely has an interesting history and is probably the only redeeming characteristic of this book.
The Bad: Normal punctuation and grammatical rules are completely ignored in this book. This was completely annoying because you are never quite sure when someone is speaking and when they stop. The way the author tries to remedy this was quite annoying as well ala:
Leonard speaks
That's it?
I don't know if this is supposed to be an extension of the author/character's `rebel, rebel, down with rules' attitude but it just makes for an annoying read.
As stated the main character is not likeable so this makes it hard to root for him or care about him in any way. This is compounded by the character's constant chest puffing attitude towards the center's staff and doctors and his constant proclamations that he doesn't need to do it their way. The lack of believability also makes it tough to suspend disbelief (even though it is fiction).
Overall: With all the hype surrounding and even Oprah getting behind it I was expecting something solid. What I got was something so so. If this genre interests you give "Futureproof: A Novel (P.S.)" a try.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Was interested in the beginning.. badly written fiction.
Comment: His intense descriptions about his addiction captured me through the first 50 pages or so and then after that, I had to MAKE myself read. I'm now on page 100 or so and this will probably be the first book I stop reading in the middle. It's extremely repetitive and horribly fake.
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Summary: Great even as fiction
Comment: This is still a book I would recommended to my friends...alright it's a fiction read...it still is a great read.
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