In this book you never find out the actual name of the girl whose diary this is. I thought her name was Alice, but from what I've read it's referring to Alice In Wonderland. Her slow transition from good girl to oversexed druggy is pretty rocky, and anyone could imagine. She's very good at coming off as a good girl to her parents and those who don't know her very well, but when she's writing in her diary or around her friends, who are mostly her dealers she's just another druggy who feels guilty.
When I first started readig the book I had a hard time believing that the diary entries were actually from a real 15 year old because some of the things said I didn't think a teenager would use. I often forgot that the book is from the late 60s....
As I continued reading I saw how her new friends and drugs affected her by the way she talked, I guess she started sounding more 'hippie-like' than in the beginning. The use of cuss words also grew drastically, whether they were used right or not.
When the diary entries started after she ran away the 2nd time I started to believe more that it actually was the diary of a girl. Though at some points I just thought her decisions were completely stupid, but she was high most of the time, so I guess it's a little justifiable.
Where I am in the book she's back home and things seem to be going well, but something always falls apart when good things happen, so I'll just have to see.
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