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Smack (School & Library Binding)

by Melvin Burgess (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

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  • School & Library Binding: 370 pages
  • Publisher: Econo-Clad Books, Div. of American Cos., Inc.; 1st Avon Ed edition (Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0613657128
  • ISBN-13: 978-0613657129
  • Product Dimensions: 16 x 10.9 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,920,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Page Turner, 9 Jul 1999
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This review is from: Smack (Hardcover)
This book has got to be one of my favorite books. I read it within a week! It reels you in and makes you want to go on and read for hours without stopping. With each character's own chapters, the author lets you see their point of view. It helps you look in from different perspectives, not just one. As a teenager myself, it made me realize how easy it is to be lured into a bad crowd and how easy it is to get addicted to toxins. There are so many morals to this story also. The major being DON'T TAKE DRUGS and the one that every adult wants you to know: DON'T DISREGARD YOUR PARENTS. A definite must read!!!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars True-life a real page turner, 24 Dec 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: Smack (Hardcover)
Smack is the first book I have read in a long time that actually describes addiction for what it truly is - ugly. It does not sugarcoat the reality or convince others that heroin is "fun". Overall, a masterpiece sure to live on for generations to come.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Like nothing you will ever read! Totally amazing, 7 Oct 2004
This review is from: Smack (Paperback)
I love books, i love reading them and getting lost in other peoples lives, but never out of the many books i have read, have any of them changed my whole outlook on life.
It is written about teenagers in the 1980's and yet is still completely believable and realistic now! The way in which the book is set out makes it impossible to become bored with. Each chapter is told by a different character in turn, focusing on which ever characters feelings are most interesting, relevant or controversial at the time. This makes the book extremely well rounded, giving us the whole picture about what is going on!
In all it is a gripping, amazing and yet totally down to earth book which talks openly about real issues among teenagers. The characters in the book are 14 and so am i, i do think that it would be hard for people younger than that to empathise with the characters but i am sure teenagers would completely connect and for adults it would be an excallent opportunity for insight into a teenage mind and also a chance for reminiscing about there own past.
I would often be unsure about buying a book with a name like junk in case it was less of a controversial and realistic view and more of a 'moral at the end of the story' kind of book but this just tells it like it is! Not only does it swallow you up into the lives of the characters but it also makes you look at your own, in a perspective most people would never have seen of there own accord! That's why if you don't read this book your honestly missing out!
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3.0 out of 5 stars read William Burroughs next?
Not read this book but stumbled upon the review for it accidentally....

By the sound of the reviews, anyone who likes the realism of this should move on to 'Junky' by... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Paul James Ansell

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Enjoy This Maddening Trip!
SMACK is a novel about two teenagers, David (Tar) and Gemma, who run away from home, squat with an eccentric, peaceful, pot smoking guy, and gradually become addicted to drugs --... Read more
Published on 9 May 2004 by kisston_tiggs

5.0 out of 5 stars Tbh,
To be honest, I find the review several down that describes Melvin Burgess as "cashing in" on a popular theme, to be completely unfounded and without true support. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2004 by Mrs J Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars AN AMAZING JOURNEY
This book went from strength to strenth begining to end.
A truley amazing story of love lies and herion. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2003 by xxmissmafiaxx

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book for all ages.. Especially young adults
Smack was one of the most Powerful books I have read. I am 14 years old and after reading this book.. I feel like I have experienced everything and know what it's like. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars The Closest Thing To Real Life Addiction
Coming from someone who grew up around this kind of lifestyle, this book helped me put my childhood into better perspective and learn to understand that world a little more. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars capitalizing on a serious issue
Junk was a blatant rip-off of trainspotting, toned down for a 14 year old audience. I think it is important that issues such as heroin and prostitution are brought out into the... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop
I'm fourteen, since I didn't have anything to do during the weekend I picked up this on a friend's recommendation. I read it in eight hours. It's a great book. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars The last few chapters were laborious!
It gave an interesting account of life on the streets, and the horrors of addiction. It made me want to smack (no pun intended) some of the characters for being so stubborn and... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece.....
If there is any one book in the world that can make you fall in love, and then apart....this is it. SMACK took me places I never thought possible, it made me desire a life... Read more
Published on 17 Jul 1999

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