Unmask Alice

I heard the author on You're Wrong About in the second episode on Go Ask Alice and was intrigued (highly recommend the podcast!). The book did not disappoint. I've never read Go Ask Alice or any of it's successors, but the whole blaming LSD thing and the satanic panic stuff is right up my alley - and this definitely delivered!

Some of this was really hard to read (I honestly do think it's why I've been in a funk for a few days) - Sparks was obviously a troubled person, but the havoc she wrought was unbelievable. I understand that the book/s help people, and the author shows some of that too, but mostly I'm just mad at Sparks for what she did, specifically, to the family of Alden Barrett.

I don't love that there are no notes or a bibliography or something. The author tries to explain why at the end of the book, but it's not convincing to me. This could've been a five star book but I have to deduct for that. It's so obviously well researched and he just gets a bit hand wavy about it. sigh

I'd still recommend this though, as it's really well done and an interesting topic.