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""A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey is a brutally
explicit, honest novel about what Frey went through in a durg/alcohol rehab center. It not only focused on his experiences in the rehab center, but it also gave some insight into the horrible things that happened to him and that he did while using - the incomprehensible life of an addict.
The book made me laugh, made me ill, it shocked and saddened me, and I cried at the end. It made me appreciate NOT having to go through what James Frey went through.
The book sadly tells the statistics - only 15% of those that leave the treatment center, actually "recover" and stay clean
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Tammy, Resident Scholar
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""A Million Little Pieces" is a true story of James Fray's struggle with addiction, criminal activity, and non-mainstream views in one of the most mainstream and structured environments in the world: a rehab center and mental institution. The book details James's struggle to cope with knowing he can overcome his addictions (but not the way society wants him to), the friends he makes, and the conversations he has. "
Lauren, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- drugs
Which institution
- mental hospital
Life in an institution
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- sarcastic/sardonic
- surreal
- metaphorical
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- selfishness
- dying
- religion
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more dialog than descript
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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