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One pill makes you larger / And one pill makes you small / And the ones that mother gives you / Don’t do anything at all

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

October 28, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Okay, the title of this book is just a hint of what the book is going to cover.  And the title of the book is a lot, which make sense because this book is often a lot. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson covers exactly what the title suggests. As a general note and content warning, this book contains extensive discussions of drug addiction and self-harm. One section, in particular, was especially disturbing, prompting […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Books about books, Go Ask Alice, Rick Emerson, true crime, Unmask Alice

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:38 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Books about books, Go Ask Alice, Rick Emerson, true crime, Unmask Alice ·
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Go Ask Alice… If You Can Find Her!

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

March 2, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

One of the breakout books of the YA genre was Go Ask Alice, the purported diary of a nameless teenage drug addict and runaway. However, the story behind that book and its follow-up, Jay’s Journal, is far more convoluted and amorally exploitative than anyone would expect. I have actually read Go Ask Alice. I was interested in it because of the controversy surrounding its reality, and reading the protagonist’s wild dash through various illicit drugs made it pretty clear that it was indeed not real. The overblown writing […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, ARC, NetGalley, publishing, Rick Emerson

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, ARC, NetGalley, publishing, Rick Emerson ·
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