A review by crazygemini12
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas

1.0

This book is one long white whine. It's written by a privileged girl growing up in privileged circumstances with Laissez-fare parents. The whole "wealthy whites have problems, too!" tone of the book was nauseating, as this girl has no idea what constitutes a real problem. My other issue: she seems to think this is 'normal' adolescent behavior. While it may have been normal for her social circle, it's wrong to make the claim for others, as I didn't know a single person going through college that treated drinking like an NCAA sport.

The only positives the book has are the terrifying tales of things she did (and often doesn't remember doing) while she was hammered. Those stories are better than any anti-substance PSA. Otherwise, it's poorly written and she's really grating.