Would recommend: Maybe

I approached this book as a novel, rather than a memoir, in light of the controversy with Oprah and whatnot. As a novel, I liked it. James Frey's style is percussive and repetitive, but it drives home the repetitive nature of his rehabilitation. Some of his descriptions were agonizing; I clenched my fists through a particularly painful episode at a dentist's office. All in all, I enjoyed this book much more than I expected.