Comments on: Today’s Imaginary Conversation With James Frey

By: jihad

jihad — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:30:40 +0000

no way, an author made up something to write a book? Unhear of! i just can’t believe it! I now have to be totally judgemental about this so i wont have to think about my own pathetic life anymore. for God’s sake judge this comment so you can be affected by my thoughts, ha-ha controlling your emotions. Thanks for the power!

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:19:15 +0000

James Frey is a Fraud pure and simple.
I think it is great that some people can continue to read his work even though they know the truth. If you can enjoy the book as fiction, great. But I can’t.
I was about half way through the book when I heard about the frey scandel, and it changed the way I read it.
I could handle the repeats. Silly as I was I thought it was a glimpse into his mindset, being stuck inside himself and if constant pain. After knowing it was all fabricated all I wanted to do was throw it away.

James Frey enjoy your money…

But you will never live your life ‘honourably and with dignity’

By: DEBBIE

DEBBIE — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:10:53 +0000

so he lied bottom line the book was great start to finish.
i am more dissapointed at oprah on the way she treated him. she wouldnt let him finsh his answer and talked about him with other guest as if he wasnt there. I have read some journalist stories and know for a fact they wrote things that were not true. any thing to sell an artical. You have to give him credit for showing up on oprah knowing what he was up against.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:33:01 +0000

who gives a shit if he lied or not! if its a good book, and it helps people with thier lives then why does it matter? why do people always try to bring others who succeed down? your just gelous cuz he wrote a good story and made a lot of money and you dont have anything better to do than rip on him. its a memoir and you should have seen it coming

By: MillionLittleLiar

MillionLittleLiar — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:34:12 +0000

Anjee,

In regard to your comments:
“So what if he lied about some parts, it was still a great book & I have learned from it. Even though itâ€™s not real to many of the readers, it definitely was real in my mind.”

It matters a lot if he lied. I’m sure you love Bill Clinton too, but they’re both still idiots, liars, and not worth the time that’s already been spent on them. And if lies and made-up imaginary stories are “real in your mind”, then I would avoid watching Teletubbies.

By: MillionLittleLiar

MillionLittleLiar — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:30:40 +0000

What a putz. If he’d just called it “embellished reality” or pushed the book as half-truth, the idiot wouldn’t even be in this mess. But to go on LKL and completely deny all of the allegations, with his mom or somebody sitting there nodding like another idiot, I don’t feel bad for him at all.

And dang is it funny that Oprah just wouldn’t believe that it wasn’t true. She just about thinks she’s God at this point, eh?

You’ve had your 10 seconds James Frey. See ya.

By: anjee

anjee — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:51:33 +0000

Regardless of all the white lies, my opinion of this book will not change. So what if he lied about some parts, it was still a great book & I have learned from it. Even though it’s not real to many of the readers, it definitely was real in my mind.

By: Anonymity is important

Anonymity is important — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:40:26 +0000

or maybe im just too young to understand…

By: Anonymity is important

Anonymity is important — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:38:24 +0000

i couldn’t care less if the entire drug addiction was false. it is one of the best books ive ever read. and if it were categorized as fiction, i would still think it was one of the best books.

stop judging this man

By: jj14268

jj14268 — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:09:12 +0000

That imaginary conversation was hurtful. hurtful and curt
So i cried and i sat and i cried and i cried from the hurt and the hurtfullness of the Hurting.
all i could do was cry. and sit.
and be hurt.
ouch. pain pain pain pain pain.
i miss lilly.
if she only existed we Would still be together and she would hug me and i would hug her and eat a Sandwich and throw up.
Throw up and eat a sandwich.
a sandwich of hurt.
–JF