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A review by ireadinbed
Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This book was so good I have tried to get 5 other people to read it already.
I grew up with 2 parents who were addicts and it came to a bit of a head when I was a 7th grader. This is when I found go ask Alice and I genuinely credit the book with helping to reinforce my choice to never try drugs. It seemed best just to never give myself the chance for genetics to do their part and reveal an addictive tendency. It scared the shit out of me.
Jay's journal on. The other hand read immediately as false to me. I never even finished it.
This book peels back so many layers of the fraud and propaganda that went into those books and the deep ways in which Jay in particular harmed us all as a society and the original inspiration's family deeply.
It is kind of horrible but also wonderful to see the questions I always wondered about these anonymous worke answered and to see the true stories behind them and see how they weave into the fabric of our culture so intricately.
The author maintains style and I really appreciated his attention to making the people he interviewed feel real on the page.
I grew up with 2 parents who were addicts and it came to a bit of a head when I was a 7th grader. This is when I found go ask Alice and I genuinely credit the book with helping to reinforce my choice to never try drugs. It seemed best just to never give myself the chance for genetics to do their part and reveal an addictive tendency. It scared the shit out of me.
Jay's journal on. The other hand read immediately as false to me. I never even finished it.
This book peels back so many layers of the fraud and propaganda that went into those books and the deep ways in which Jay in particular harmed us all as a society and the original inspiration's family deeply.
It is kind of horrible but also wonderful to see the questions I always wondered about these anonymous worke answered and to see the true stories behind them and see how they weave into the fabric of our culture so intricately.
The author maintains style and I really appreciated his attention to making the people he interviewed feel real on the page.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Moderate: Drug use and Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual violence