The book is lengthy, ending on 511 pages. The book also talks about the different people he meets at the clinic, with whom he forms relationships and who play an important role during his stay at the clinic as well his life after. The story then follows his recovery process, his painful experiences with dentist visits without the use of anaesthesia and his personal demons that he needs to conquer in order to complete his recovery. Revelations about his substance abuse are shared as well as about him wanted by the police in different states on several charges. His parents meet him at the airport and take him to a rehabilitation clinic. The book starts off with Frey, 23 years old, being on an airplane with no recollection of how he got on it nor how he sustained his injuries. James Frey shares his story about the his struggles with alcohol and other substance abuse and follows his journey through his twelve step rehabilitation. All opinions and views are my own.īook review: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey #bookreview Tweet Plot: Let’s talk about the book and what happens and then talk about the reaction to it (at the end of the post).ĭISCLAIMER: This review could contain possible spoilers based on my opinions. There was a film adaptation released in 2019. So you’d think if a memoir does that great amongst readers, it HAS to be good! In 2005, the book was picked as an Oprah’s Book Club selection and not long after became the number one paperback non-fiction book on, and stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for fifteen weeks. The memoir, A Million Little Pieces, was first published in 2003 and received mixed reviews.

He also has a couple of other books he’s written that haven’t been as famous as these two. His other work, written under the pen name, Pittacus Lore (the pseudonym of James Frey and Jobie Hughes) was I am Number Four, from which a film adaptation was released in 2011.

I never heard of James Frey before reading his memoir about his struggles with addiction and his journey through treatment. So I’m pretty selective about choosing books from this genre. I can count on one hand all the biographies that I’ve read, and while many would say it’s beneficial to read them, I find them somewhat boring. I’m not a big fan of reading biographies and memoirs.

The book a million little pieces