Weekly Reading Response #3

Book: Tweak
Author: Nic Sheff
Pages Read: 30-80


This week I got really into my book. And even started reading at home. This week in my book I found myself predicting a lot. But when I started to read more I found that all my predictions were off. I predicted that one of the characters would stop using drugs. Or just not use them at all. Next, I flip over the page and the next thing I read is her doing drugs. I'm glad that my book left me wanting to read more. And I'm glad my book caught me off guard  and that not all of my predictions were accurate.

I found that I've been having a lot of comments. I've also been meeting a lot of new characters. I also notice for a lot of the characters hes been going back and telling stories from the past. Lately i feel like hes been talking more about the past than the present. Maybe hes getting more into the past because maybe hes trying to tell us why he started using drugs , and what led to it.


I didn`t really have many questions. The only questions I really found myself asking were who were these characters and where do they fit in. But the more I read , he explains why they are here and explains more about them. I think people do drugs because they feel alone and they need something to make them feel not so isolated. In the book, the author  Nic Sheff,  said that when he first did drugs he felt like it gave him a manual to life. I think drugs provides people with a sense of fitting in, and a sense of feeling wanted. People sacrifice their pride and dignity to maintain their addiction. They also sacrifice their relationships with their friends and family. I remember reading something and it saying that this is a true story by the author. I think I knew that but I guess i didn't really pay attention or I just forgot. Because when I was reading it it just didn't click in that this was about him, and this was a true story. Now knowing that, I respect the author much more and I think by the end up the book he will be clean because if hes the author he must be clean otherwise I don`t think he would be so open about this very hard time in his life.