Hi there, my first review for this blog is going to be (drumroll please…) a BOOK! Which thoroughly interested me. I saw the film adaptation of the book first which already had caught my attention (Beautiful Boy), because it had my male acting idle (Timothée Chalamet) cast as the lead role. I know what you’re thinking – always read the book before the film! But seeing the film only made me want to read Nic Sheffs memoire more.
The emotions which you experience when reading the book are extraordinary. I have now read the book twice and still get annoyed at Nic when he relapses! I would 100% definitely give this memoire 5 stars and I would thoroughly recommend it to teenagers and adults to read, if they have seen the film or if they are just interested in addiction and substance abuse and want to read what addiction is experienced as first-hand. The road that Nic went down was incredibly difficult and his addiction to Crystal Meth really messed up his life and not only that but his health and you can understand all of this by reading his memoir.
Also if you enjoy this then the Father’s (David Sheff) companion memoire ‘Beautiful Boy’ is also incredible to read. Nic’s book describes what his experience of being addicted was like but the father’s story is extremely emotional and shows the tough times that his son put him through. And of course if you are still interested after reading both books and would like to see how the film was made and the story of the film then of course go and see the (excellent, 5 star!!!) film ‘Beautiful Boy’ starring Steve Carrell as the father David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet as the son , Nic Sheff struggling with drug addiction.
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