Customer Reviews

Almost Lost

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This book was terribly hard to follow... i dont know if its just me but the whole therepy tape style just wasnt working for me. Plus... it didnt seem real... the realationship between sammy and the lady just sounded so... fake and... like a cheesy script or something. i didnt really like the book.

This book seems very interesting at first glance. But once you start reading it you start to realise how very unrealistic it is, this does NOT seem like it is a true story. It's hard to believe that Sammy comes in depressed and angry the first day yet, seems excited and very willing to get over his problems the next. I was VERY disappointed with this book, the only thing that's the least bit interesting about it, is the story about Sammy's past which doesn't do very much for the whole book.

THIS WAS OK BUT IT HAD ALOT OF OVER DRAMATISING FEATURES IN IT. I THOUGHT THE BOOK WAS VERY INTERESTING IT HAD ALOT OF MEANING TO IT BUT WAS WIERD. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHRINK AND SAMMY WAS WEIRD. I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WOULD SAY GOOD MORNING SUNSHINNING SAMMY? THAT WAS WIERD TO ME THEY SEEMED ALOT CLOSER THAN WHAT THE BOOK TELLS.

This was a good book, but it was kind of boring to me. All Sammy did throughout the book was go to a phsychiatrist's office. This book took me a very long time to read, not because I didn't like it but because it took place in a shrink's office. I didn't like how it was just recordings edited and put onto a piece of paper. I did like this book at the end, it's just that the beggining was hard to get into.

almost lost is a true story of an anonymous teenagers life on the streets. I like this book because I like to read books that are true like this book and the book named what happened to nancy. Almost lost is the real life story of a boy named Samuel. It tells what drove him to leave home, how hesurvived in the street, and why he was desperate to scape from the brutality of the gang that had become his family.

When I first saw this book at Border's I thought it looked really interesting. I mean I can relate to the whole suicidal thing and depression. But as I read it, I was amazed at how fake and how unrealistic it was! People don't just get over it the way he did. I've been going to a psychiatrist for many years and I know nobody doesn't get over their problems that quickly. This book was WAY TOOO UNREALISTIC!!!!

I hated this book. I haven't even finished it, which is odd for me because I usually finish my books.
But, really.
The kid had more issues then me (and that's saying something) and was able to overcome them so quickly? And the exclamation points were so overused I felt like throwing up.
When someone is as complementary as she was to Sammy, everything they say seems fake. It's like a random person that you don't know coming up and telling you how smart you are. They don't know you. They probably tell everyone they're smart. It means nothing.
But, I guess if you're into sappy little feel good books, go ahead and read it. Maybe I'm just cynical.

I looked foward to reading this book. It seemed very intereasting- suicide, life on the streets. I was wrong. As someone suicidal, I know it's not that easy to get over it. He says "I'm sad" and it's over? And he seemed to good to be true- so innocent and loveable. Isn't it illegal to tape theraphy sessions without consent, anyway?

I did enjoy the Are You On The Road To Mental Illness Quizes, though.

Well , I was sort of dissapointed with this book. I expected it to be a book about a kid on the streets not about a kid suffering through depression. He got through his depression way TOO fast. Even though I know that these sessions were once a week it just seemed he went from being suicidal to being happy way too fast. The whole have to be happy to be a good person just bothered me. I guess I expected too much from this book. Even though I didn't like it too well I would recommend it to others. It has some good tips about how to deal with unhappiness.

This book was absolutely Fantastic! At first, the book was kind of, well, boring. It starts out as a therepy session for a kid and his life on the streets. The whole book is therepy sessions from Dr. Beatrice Sparks and Samual Gordon. When you hear his storys, they are really deep. I cant tell you what happened to Sammy, but I can assure you, it wasn't pretty! You'll have to read this book for yourself.