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"Gripping...one of the best accounts of addiction, the college experience, or even what it means to be an average teenage girl." - Entertainment Weekly "Bookstores are flooded with boozy bios by former girls gone wild. This one rises to the top." - People Magazine "Poised and elegiac...Smashed goes down with a slow, genteel burn." - The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant and horrifying." - The Baltimore Sun"
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New York Times, February 7th 2005
A mortifyingly credible story... Smashed is liable to be the biggest conversation piece this side of 'America: The Book'
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Not often are we provided with stories that touch a rising problem in society. Binge drinking is a problem society can no longer ignore. It is endemic in countries like the UK, Ireland, and USA, and Cameroon, parts of the world like continental Europe, North America, South East Asia, and Latin America.
Smashed is an amazing story of this problem of alcoholism that is prevalent amongst young women. It is quite a scary book that will make many readers cringe when they read about the problems alcohol caused for Zailckas. This book may be a little bit too much for parents because it certainly is frightening and shocking for them to learn that heavy drinking is common amongst the young at such a young age. But as some one who went through that phase, I can relate to the story. It is a problem that should be confronted.
I like the way Zailckas did the narration. Her voice is strong in the writing and her style is unique. Poetic and fast flowing, one gets the story without drowning in compassion for her. After all, it is a past she shrugged off. That is why I think many people will find it interesting reading about this experience of alcoholism or binge drinking from the perspective of a young woman. It has lots of lessons to be learnt. Anybody can become an alcohol addict at an early stage in life. But with courage, determination and support, anybody can bit the addiction, whether as an alcoholic or a binge boozer.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As memoirs go Smashed won't move you to tears or inspire you to change your life, nor does it claim to. It is actually very factual look at the sociology and psychology of binge drinkers. Koren Zailckas nevers falters in her detail nor in her wit which is what really makes this book. It is beautifully written and easily relatable, and appeals to everyone though particularly if you're a female who has ever had a rough night on the voddies.This book doesn't condemn or encourage binge drinking it simply gives the honest facts from someone who knows
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've recently read this book and at times I had to re-read a line because it had been so shocking.
Koren Zailckas in my opinion is a talented first time writer and I found her book enjoyable.
It opened my eyes to the world of drinking underage and continuing with it into adulthood whilst struggling to improve yourself.
My only gripe with the book is there were a few too many metaphors but even so they did create vivid pictures in my mind.
I think this book appeals to older adolescents and adults alike.
If you want a true, realistic portrayal of alcohol abuse then this is the book to read
Koren Zailckas in my opinion is a talented first time writer and I found her book enjoyable.
It opened my eyes to the world of drinking underage and continuing with it into adulthood whilst struggling to improve yourself.
My only gripe with the book is there were a few too many metaphors but even so they did create vivid pictures in my mind.
I think this book appeals to older adolescents and adults alike.
If you want a true, realistic portrayal of alcohol abuse then this is the book to read
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THE BEST BOOK - Everyone should read this
Love this book, its in my top 5 all time favouritres. I think everyone should read this as it is very well written
Published 20 months ago by Becks
Not what I expected
I bought this book to give to a young woman I know (not me - I'm well past young)in the hope it would open her eyes to her 'binge' drinking and the consequences thereof. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Pedro the Llama
Naive and immature story
I found this to be a naive and immature account, with stories of how she used to have four light beers, throw up and have black outs. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by L. E. Roach
Basking in her own self pity from A. Customer
Well, I was given this book as a gift and managed to read about half of the book before I gave up with it. Read more
Published on 18 May 2008 by butterfly girl
Well written but disturbing for the wrong reasons
Koren Zailckas' memoir is definitely an interesting read. It's very well-written, and I stopped more than once to admire a few descriptive sentences or paragraphs. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2008 by Kendra
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This is a book that will leave you with memories of something you wern't even there to experience. I read this book over a year ago and I can still recall tales that were told... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2007 by Ms. N. F. Jones
a chilling insight
I picked up this book because i was intrigued by the title but was a little concerned that it might be abit over the top and glamourised. Read more
Published on 22 April 2007 by L. A. Labunsky
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
SMASHED is a chilling novel of female alcohol addiction. For Koren Zailckas, it started at age fourteen, and from her first drink of Southern Comfort she was addicted. Read more
Published on 9 April 2007 by TeensReadToo
Gripping from page 1
Koren writes about her teenage years from the perspective of her drinking. It is all the stuff you read about when the papers are full of underage drinking disasters, but from the... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2007 by StartupChick
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