Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood (edit title)

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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 4 stars “Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com 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. Koren later joins a college sonority, which just gives her more of a...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 2 stars “did not like it at all....no dialogue thru-out the whole book....10 sentences dialogue at the most. basically just a write-up of her drunken experiences ” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 1 stars

  “I couldn't stay interested in this at all.”

  mandy wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book really hit close to home. I really enjoyed reading it, although i do wish the end was more resolved.”

  rachael. wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “"Smashed Story of a drunken childhood" by Koren Zailckas
  Publisher: Penguin Books
  Copyright:
  2005
  
  Story of a girls journey to alcoholism.
  
  teaches:
  peer pressure
  responsibility
  
  
  teaches:
  responsibility
  addiction
  importance of education”

  Jenny M wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 1 stars

  “I can understand why people would like this book because it sheds light on binge drinking. The author gave interesting statistics. But, I absolutely hated this book. I felt like it was told in a passive voice. Also the word choice was irritating because it looked like she wrote the book with a thesaurus next to her. At one point she describes a mall as metastasizing (pg 112), which may sound clever at a glance but is really just distracting. I didn't finish this book because I grew tired of some of the pretentious word choice that I felt took away from the honesty of the memoir. So maybe the book got better in later chapters, but that is my two cents.”

  Erika K wrote this review Sunday, October 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 0 stars

  “So far, its not that interesting. ”

  Kelly D wrote this review Thursday, September 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “this sounds like a book that will get you hooked right away.”

  alex g wrote this review Thursday, September 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “From our High School Reading List. ”

  Mainely Girls wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Haven't had the time quite yet!”

  Tabitha S wrote this review Friday, September 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  1 of 1 members found this review helpful

  • Rated 3 stars

  “This was a straight forward look at alcohol abuse and the female experience of boozing. Koren was able to capture her childhood, adolescence, and college years in a way that many people, including myself can relate. ”

  Victoria P wrote this review Sunday, August 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  0 of 1 members found this review helpful

  • Rated 3 stars

  “ok, if a little sad”

  Karen R wrote this review Sunday, August 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No