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"The painful truth a female teenagers suffers after being slipped LSD, after unfruitful attempts at persuading herself that LSD is bad she falls deep into the repulsive underworld of illicit drugs and sex."
Kallie Grahm, Resident Scholar
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"A fairly normal girl, who is given the name "Alice", gets wrapped up in the world of drugs and revolves in a downward spiral. She is accidentally introduced to drugs when LSD is put in her drink at a party. She traveled away from home with a "friend" who also did drugs. They traveled from place to place, never staying in one place for too long. Alice tells of her life as a druggie, including her new sexual experiences and new drug trips. She eventually tries to get better, and goes to an institution, but does not succeed."
Log-han, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
- boozing
- first sexual experience
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- drugs
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- male homosexuals doing their thing
- rape/molest (yeech!)
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of hetero sex
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 14-16
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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