This book has been much of what I expected so far. It tells the stroy of someone, "Alice", who is a pretty common 1960's teenager who is experimenting various ways to turn in life, such as towards drugs, alcohol, and sex. It begins by explaining how she must move because of her father's job. When she gets to her new school, she runs in and out of drug addiction as well as partners. She finally settles in San Francisco with her girlfriend, Chris, and there they become hooked on drugs together until their house is raided by the police. They are sent to get psychiatric help to try to move them away from the drugs they were hooked on. Although this has not surprised me too much so far, it remains interesting. Someone's personal stories usually are. It seems a bit cliché because of the time period Alice is in, however that cliché always makes a good story. Alice claims at one point "I wish I were popular and beautiful and wealthy and talented." (Sparks 20). This is the beginning before Alice starts her experimentations. Although this was before that, theses types of thought from Alice are what eventrually leads her to life full of drugs, alcohol, and sex. Alice is a very discombobulated teenager and in an era that caused many others like her, she just needs to find a way to avoid doing what popular and wealthy kids her age were doing during that era.
- Sam
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