Book Review Tweak By Nic Sheff
Lindsay Chandler
Kines 445- Section 2
Tweak Book Review Numerous emotions were evoked as I was reading Tweak by Nic Sheff. The main emotion I felt was sadness. My best friend Jack from high school went down a path that reminded me eerily of Nic's path. We met during sophomore year of high school in Chemistry class. He was a super quiet, clean-cut kid. His parents were both doctors, and he lived in an old mansion in the countryside. This sort of parallels Nic’s privileged life, as he starts the novel, “I was seventeen and been accepted at prestigious universities across the country and I figured a little partying was due me,” (1). This is just like Jack. He was planning on going attend college to study chemical engineering, but his addiction to heroin prevented that. He told me once that his addictive habits all started off with weed. On page one, Nic also notes that his drug problems began because he started smoking weed and drinking alcohol too young. Stories like Jack and Nic’s bring so much sadness to me because these boys threw away so much of their potential for drugs. Another emotion that I felt while reading the novel was frustration. Nic, being an educated guy, must have known about the risks of addiction when messing with illegal drugs. On page 245, Nic relapses again with his girlfriend Zelda. This just made me so frustrated because he did not listen to the advice of his mentor, Spencer, who warned him that Zelda was no good for him. It appeared that most of Nic’s relapses were due to his trying to impress women. He was not doing what was best for him, and he just wanted to please his romantic partners (Lauren and Zelda). I found this book very relevant to this kinesiology class as it deals with the use and abuse of drugs, ranging from alcohol to crystal meth. The novel highlights many of the drugs we have learned about in class like marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, heroin, meth and many more. The book also exemplifies the various health risks that drug
Kines 445- Section 2
Tweak Book Review Numerous emotions were evoked as I was reading Tweak by Nic Sheff. The main emotion I felt was sadness. My best friend Jack from high school went down a path that reminded me eerily of Nic's path. We met during sophomore year of high school in Chemistry class. He was a super quiet, clean-cut kid. His parents were both doctors, and he lived in an old mansion in the countryside. This sort of parallels Nic’s privileged life, as he starts the novel, “I was seventeen and been accepted at prestigious universities across the country and I figured a little partying was due me,” (1). This is just like Jack. He was planning on going attend college to study chemical engineering, but his addiction to heroin prevented that. He told me once that his addictive habits all started off with weed. On page one, Nic also notes that his drug problems began because he started smoking weed and drinking alcohol too young. Stories like Jack and Nic’s bring so much sadness to me because these boys threw away so much of their potential for drugs. Another emotion that I felt while reading the novel was frustration. Nic, being an educated guy, must have known about the risks of addiction when messing with illegal drugs. On page 245, Nic relapses again with his girlfriend Zelda. This just made me so frustrated because he did not listen to the advice of his mentor, Spencer, who warned him that Zelda was no good for him. It appeared that most of Nic’s relapses were due to his trying to impress women. He was not doing what was best for him, and he just wanted to please his romantic partners (Lauren and Zelda). I found this book very relevant to this kinesiology class as it deals with the use and abuse of drugs, ranging from alcohol to crystal meth. The novel highlights many of the drugs we have learned about in class like marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, heroin, meth and many more. The book also exemplifies the various health risks that drug