I got this book because of the description and the title, both of which sounded great. Once I got into it about 1/4th of the way though, I found myself unable to really immerse myself enjoy it. It just wasn't as dangerous or exotic as the marketing made it sound. While the story may be original, it doesn't compensate for the writing style seeming mechanical and unimaginative. Maybe I gave up too soon (about 1/2 way through) and missed the part where it got really exciting and original and worth reading but I doubt it...

I don't know what I find more frightening.....the fact that some publisher read this mindless drivel and spent money to publish it.....or all the positive reviews (which influenced my selection of this "novel") here at Audible this horrible rubbish inspired. I feel like a just unwittingly walked into a UFO convention! Where are my people? Not recommended for any reader with a mind and any taste!

I realize that this is based on a true story - but a horrific story, I would say. I had to stop listening to it as it was not what I would call entertaining. It frequently uses the "F" word, glorifies sex abuse of minors and the disrespect of adults. Adults in the story tolerate homosexuality and truancy in their children, help them cheat and lie, etc. I feel extremely sorry for anyone who had to live this life, but I could not listen to it.

This is the most perverted and unfunny book I have ever read or listened to. It disgusted me to the point of nausea.

A story is told of the insane lives of everyone around the author. Be warned, the author is just as crazy as any of them but he doesn't seem to recongnize his own insanity. The discriptions of homosexuality is far too graphic. I feel cheated that none of the discriptions of the book did not disclose that.

The horrors of this boy's adolescence are only matched by his complete lack of interest in understanding them, and if *he* doesn't care, who should I? The book is fun to listen to in a sort of look-at-that-train-wreck kind of way but Burroughs seems awfully full of himself, and embarassing so in the way he has the other characters tell him (and us) how creative and gifted he is.