[description from B&N]Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, she meets a boy who introduces her to crank. At first she finds it freeing, but soon Kristina's personality disappears inside the drug. What began as a wild, ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul, and her life.
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Review:
Um, why did I not jump on the Ellen Hopkins bandwagon sooner? I've been waiting to read one of her books for literally over a year and finally got around to reading one. Now I am mad at myself because I shouldn't have waited so long because this book was SO GOOD.
I'm really glad that this book is told in verse. If it wasn't, I really don't think it would have been as emotional and heart wrenching as it is. Because seriously, it's so emotional it hurts. It's got to be emotional; it's told from the POV an addicted person. The whole time I just wanted to either cry or yell out "NO! DON'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD!" like a crazy person. Even though Kristina wasn't developed as well as she could be because not much of her pre-addiction life was included, I still really wanted to jump in the book and drag her off to rehab or something because I hated reading about mistakes and inability to fix them. I also wanted to jump in the book and beat her (biological) father and her first "boyfriend" because they were so aggravating and stupid.
Highly recommended, but only if you're ready to be put in an automatic sad/angry mood.
9/10
I have this one here -- looks soooo good. I read Identical by Ellen Hopkins (which is my first introduction to her work) and LOVED it. Great review.
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to start reading Ellen Hopkins books. I, for some reason, always pick them up at the bookstore, but never purchase them. I'm on my way there now, so maybe I'll leave with one tonight!
ReplyDeleteI read this book during the summer when I needed to get away from life and schoolwork. It was a grabbing book, completely letting me forget about my problems and wanting to hurt some of the characters in the book. Need to buy the other books by Ellen Hopkins
ReplyDeleteThis book is really good but I don't think that younger kid's should read it because the way it describes CRANK it makes it look like it is all fun and games at first..
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