About this title: In this unflinching chronicle of life as an addict" ("U.S. News & World Report"), Sheff spares no detail in telling the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of addiction to drugs, his relapse, and the road to recovery. It is a harrowing portrait--but not one without hope.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum
Date Published: 2009-01-06
ISBN-13:9781416972198ISBN:1416972196
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780739499627ISBN:0739499629
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Description: Sheff, Nicholas., Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster), c2007, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), fine, 322 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 9780739499627, 'It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago', Drug Addiction; Memoir. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ginee Seo Books
Date Published: 2008-02-19
ISBN-13:9781416913627ISBN:1416913629
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ginee Seo Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416913627ISBN:1416913629
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Date Published: 2008-02-23
ISBN-13:9781433209369ISBN:1433209365
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Binding: Spoken Word MP3-CD
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Date Published: 2008-02-01
ISBN-13:9781433209376ISBN:1433209373
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Binding: CD-ROM
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781433209376ISBN:1433209373
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781433209369ISBN:1433209365
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"I definitely prefer the father's book over the son's, not to say that the son's memoir isn't powerful, it just isn't enjoyable to read. First, it clearly reveals the seedy, dangerous and horrific underbelly of drug abuse and addiction in American cities.
It's hard to say if it is by design, but you begin the book expecting to feel sympathy for Nic and his drug addiction, but as you ride the roller coaster of addiction, sobriety, and relaspe with him, you begin to feel the frustration that his parents must feel. During his relaspes, the addiction and resulting behaviors made him almost inhuman, I really didn't like him and his "I don't care attitude," even though I knew it was the sickness of addiction making him that way. It's not until he tries to get sober and his humanity returns, that I started to root for him a little more, but I was quickly disappointed in his choices and eventual relaspe. By the end of the book, I felt like his parents--frustrated, skeptical of his sobriety, and basically just tired of dealing with/reading about him. I guess this is part of the pain of addiction."
"I wish to God that Goodreads had a category or designation for THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ, because this would definitely be in it. The schtick is a pretty good one - the drug addicted son writing his version and his father writing his own version, but the execution is just awful. The kid, Nic, is just one more selfish, entitled kid (who brand-name and name drops excessively) who goes down a wrong path and has a family to keep picking up the pieces for him, giving him chance after chance. It angers me that this kid got a book deal because he has connections and has a marketable "story," because if this book is supposed to be insight into the drug addicted mind, it fails miserably. This isn't an illustration of a life on drugs. I would so much rather read a story about a street kid drug addict who has a *real* story - someone who didn't grow up knowing famous people and having money or brand names. That's the story I want to read. Not this insipid drivel. I have never in my reading history stopped reading mid-sentence, closed the book, hunted in the trash for the receipt and returned it. Never, until this book. It is so poorly, terribly and arrogantly written that it makes me seethe with anger. I am *only* giving the book one star so that the poor rating gets added to the average. No stars would have no impact at all."
"I read this book very quickly. I read the father's book, "A Beautiful Boy" first. Both give insight into the devestating world of addiction. I felt a lot of emotions reading both books and was very tearful at times with the dad's book because I think I could relate to him. As a parent you just want you children to be happy and whole and to watch him 'lose' his son to drug addiction is heart-breaking. I won't go into my own personal experiences with those I love and their addictions but let's just stay that I have experienced watching people I love be hurt by addiction and it is such a powerless experience. You want to help but nothing you do really does help. This book, 'Tweak', gave me insight into the addict's mindset and helped me understand more about this most terrible disease. I felt connection to Nic because his taste in music, and movies. I really liked reading this book and couldn't put it down. The one thing that frustrated me about the book was that Nic ran with some celebrities and their names have been changed but I'm just so curious who they really are. No big deal and the story is the same regardless."
"I truly enjoyed this book. I just finished it and I am excited to write this review. I had just finished Beautiful Boy, which is written by this author's father regarding and is about his son's (the author of Tweak, Nic's) battle with drug addiction prior to picking up Tweak. Both books were compelling and it was amazing to read about the same story from the son's perspective after reading about the experience from his father's perspective - a rare experience. Having read his father's book first, I found Nic Sheff's book to be eye-opening and although his father told the story truthfully from his perspective, reading Nic's book gave me further insight into Nic's feelings and how he was so torn throughout- again it reinforces how difficult divorce is on children, especially an "only child" who's parents live a plane ride away from eah - how divided this poor child was...
At the beginning of the book, I felt drugs were a bit glorified, but it's easy to understand that for Nic, at the beginning of his use and/or relapse, drugs truly were a wonderful experince for Nic.
To me it is still shocking how such an intelligent, gifted boy could get so caught up with drugs- and have his life spiral beyond anyone's control- the situations he put himself in were just shocking and not what I would think a boy from a middle class family, with a solid, good education and a bright future would be caught up in- the question for me remains "are there people who are pre-disposed (genetically) to be addicted to drugs"- how come some people can experiment with the same drugs and not becoming dependent/addicited to them??
I also wonder whether the long-term effects of drug used caused Nic ot become manic depressive or whether being maniac depressive was one of the reasons that led to Nic's extensive drug use...
I'm not sure whether this book shou dbe considered a young adult book as it is, I think it may be more appropriate as an adult given- given the graphic descriptions!"
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