Jay's Journal (Anonymous Diaries) Paperback – August 17, 2010

Sweet Jay is a soul I wish existed in real life. He was a beautiful intelligent boy who deserved the best in life.

The book came on time and was in perfect condition! My only problem was that the book was awful. It was poorly written. I love the rest of the anonymous diaries but this one was just bad. The quality of the book has nothing to do with the seller though.

It’s a very good book. I wish I had known the real Jay, I feel I could have been a friend to help keep him grounded to reality. I was disappointed to find out only a few were really from Jay, and some made up and some from other kids that the author spoke to before. Either way, I feel like I lost a friend. I can’t shake the feeling that I wish I could of helped him.

A few months ago I read Go Ask Alice and was drawn in completely - I didn't put it down all night until I had finished! When Jay's Journal came up on my suggestions I got excited thinking it would be similar - the description says its about drug addiction... it really isn't. 95% of it is about his interest in witch craft... and it was interesting, however that wasn't what I was expecting (in the bad way) when I read it. I am completely aware that both Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal are edited to take away identifying names or create more flow to the writing etc. With Jay's Journal however I believe that Beatrice Sparks went a bit overboard. What I mean by that is that there is a letter at the end from Jay's mother in which she summarizes certain aspects of Jay's life which were pretty big plot points of the story... however the journal entries barely match up with what the mother described. And it wasn't just parental oblivion to his depression. It was a dissapointment. Between the clash in the description and the story, and the letter and the story.... I was left a bit stunned at what was lacking rather than awed at what was there.If you loved Go Ask Alice, I would not suggest it as you will be dissapointed. If you haven't - its an interesting style of writing which I would suggest reading.

It is a good book, but in "Go Ask Alice" it is a little easier to follow what is happening. In Jay's Journal, there are some clearly drug-induced imaginings that he records as reality which make what actually happened harder to follow.

Great book

Love these books

There has been some chatter about these anonymous "journals" not being true, and, just based on what I've read, I'm inclined to believe that they are embellished to some degree; however, teenagers find them engaging. I struggle to get some of my students to read, and whenever one of them reads one of these stories, they read the whole series. So, true or not, I keep buying more for my classroom when they wear out or are lost.

I've read all her books and this is the absolutely the worst. Got just pastbthe half way mark and haven't bothered.Its dull and boring.Pls don't waste your money.

I've read (or tried to read) several of her other books by Sparks and haven't been particularly impressed by any of them aside from this and Go Ask Alice. While this definitely is not another Go Ask Alice, it's somewhat similar and the story is about as believable. If you enjoyed Go Ask Alice then you will probably like this one more so than you would her other books.

If you like/love "Go Ask Alice " then you'll like this one too :)

I enjoyed it as much as I did “Go Ask Alice”

Perfect condition!