A reviewer on Amazon called this book "gossipy and superficial" and I would agree. This was a big disappointment to me since I was really excited to read an account of the psychedelic era from the point of view of a woman for once, but there was no depth. Just a long list of getting "very high" on LSD constantly and letting the King of LSD treat you like poop and eventually having his baby. I was visiting San Francisco when this book came out and just missed the book signing in The Haight, but n

A reviewer on Amazon called this book "gossipy and superficial" and I would agree. This was a big disappointment to me since I was really excited to read an account of the psychedelic era from the point of view of a woman for once, but there was no depth. Just a long list of getting "very high" on LSD constantly and letting the King of LSD treat you like poop and eventually having his baby. I was visiting San Francisco when this book came out and just missed the book signing in The Haight, but now I think its not such a loss.



The writing is terrible and even with a co-author, its an abomination. By the way, the foreward written by the co-author says, "Writing for women has always been a challenge for me..." Um, I think WRITING is a challenge for BOTH of you. Why does he insert this gender bias from the beginning? I wonder if she got co-opted by the male co-author...It would fit with the personality of Rhoney presented in the book which was wimpy and not at all feminist in my opinion.



The entire book is full of short sentences strung together - this happens, then that, Jerry Garcia, name drop, name drop and oh yea, they got very high. And oh, I feel like I could maybe be happier without this jerk that is constantly cheating on me, but I can't stay away. Yeesh, I can't believe I read the whole thing, but it was like a trainwreck and I couldn't look away. I gave it 2 stars only because the trash is somewhat entertaining.



Eventually you're led to believe Rhoney gets herself together and becomes a self-sufficient orthodontist (her dad was a dentist so I guess she didn't completely cut ties with her life before Owsley), but there's never any depth or detail about how she gets there or the emotions she feels on this journey. There's just a lot of confusion, anger and sadness, but you don't feel empathy with her or anyone she comes into contact with in this drugged out scene. In fact, everyone in her circle sounds narcissistic and shallow, only out to get "very very high" (how often can she describe getting loaded in just this same way? At least once per page...). Maybe this is the truth about the era, how would I know?