so what is the truth? did james really go to rehab? or is it a lie? is the whole thing a lie? or just some parts? what parts are lies?
2006-09-11 17:24:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The best explanation of James Frey are reviews written by an expat book reviewer named John Dolan. Spot ON! Read his reviews instead of reading the books, don't waste your money. My six year old writes better than Frey.
Start reading here:
Review of A Million Little Pieces
http://www.exile.ru/2003-May-29/book_review.html
Review of My Friend Leonard
http://www.exile.ru/2005-September-09/freys_fairy_godfather_.html
More James Frey:
http://www.exile.ru/2005-December-15/a_million_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall.html
http://www.exile.ru/2006-January-27/freys_fall.html
2006-09-14 18:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by BabyRN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did go to rehab. A lot of the things that led up to the rehab wasn't true, like him being the "bad guy" he portrayed himself to be and he was never in jail or prison, but only got arrested and was held for a few hours....that type of thing. The part about the dentist was exaggerated.
2006-09-12 00:30:57 · answer #2 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Frey is a fraud. His work is fiction and you can't believe anything he says. I don't want to guess what parts are true and what are false and Frey has shown that you can't believe him so I give nothing he writes any credence. He wanted money and he suckered Oprah into helping him achieve that.
2006-09-12 00:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the good parts are all lies, his story wasn't nearly as exciting in reality. he's a fraud. and actually the part about the no pain killer root canals in the dentist was completely false, the man anesthetic for oral numbing is lidocaine, a non addictive non narcotic, they would have gave it to him.
2006-09-12 00:30:12 · answer #4 · answered by charlesxavierbennet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gawd! please get off this guy's back! The public humiliation they put this guy through was abominable. After all, he did write the book under the genre, "Memoir", (as he remembered it). Give the guy a break, he hurt no one.
2006-09-12 05:48:19 · answer #5 · answered by Desi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was a good book that brought a lot of hope to people who needed it... too bad he was exposed a a fraud he ended up hurting people that needed hope the most
2006-09-14 00:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by blzabobb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋