We All Fall Down by Nic Sheff // Book Review

Rating: 3/4; Okay read.

Release Date: April 5, 2011


Synopsis:
In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as a crystal meth and heroin addict. Now in this powerful follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean, Nic writes candidly about eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

Thoughts:
I liked this book, but didn't find myself really enjoying it. I found it to be slow and couldn't bring myself to pick it up as soon as I set it down. I suppose I just wanted to know more about his life before he wrote his first book not his life as he was trying to finish it. I wanted to know more about him becoming addicted to drugs, his mental state, and this chick Zelda he keeps talking about. He talks about their relationship in this book, but I wanted to know more as she was a huge part of his life. Additionally, I feel as if I've missed out on knowing who Nic is because I didn't read Tweak so maybe that may help me understand him more. Not that it changes much about how I felt about this book. Admittedly, I do feel horrible for him. Poor guy managed to get a book deal which was his dream, but he was still unable to get clean. 
A big irking factor for me was that I couldn't help but continue to think that Sheff was using Sue Ellen. He mentions that it's a possibility, but he could just be lying to himself again by making it sound less serious. He was hard to like as a human being and I understand it could be because of his addiction and another certain something (I'm avoiding spoilers), but I don't know. It's just hard for me to like a manipulating person and to stop feeling like he only wrote this book to avoid working. He should maybe try out different jobs until he finds something else. Maybe a writing workshop at a rehab center or something. *shrug* I haven't read Tweak, but I'll tell you right now I will read that book. As for this one, I keep feeling as if it was written just to be written without a real purpose. 

I must say, I loved what was told to him in the end about girls. It's so true. He just needs to look. I also loved what he learned in the end. Many of us have a tough life, we just have to learn not to let the "fall" be so hard. I sincerely hope he really did learn and isn't lying as he tends to do. In real life I hope the author is able to be happy and drug free. There is so much more to life. :D

It really seems as if Nic Sheff's first book, Tweak, will be more about his life with living with addiction so I'm going to check that book out as soon as I can. 

~~T.V and Book Addict~~