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ang0521's review against another edition
5.0
As always, I love this Ellen Hopkins book. I find her to be a fantastic writer who’s able to develop complex but relatable and real characters. Even with six characters she manages to construct the book in a way that their individual stories and plot lines are easy to follow. There was of course a twist I was not expecting. I had so many other thoughts of what would happen and I was wrong on all of them. Ellen Hopkins so eloquently and truthfully talks about guns in the United States; the risks and the rights. The book doesn’t try to sway your opinion on gun control but it’s very real. The characters and stories are ones we’ve become too familiar with in recent years. What I love about Ellen Hopkins books is that she so beautifully tackles difficult subjects in a real, raw, and honest way, and this book was no different.
atfatesend's review against another edition
3.0
Gun violence, illegal immigration.
Not my favorite book written by her but still worth the read.
Not my favorite book written by her but still worth the read.
jademelody's review against another edition
4.0
This was an important story surrounding a controversial topic that is only argued but never written about in such way. Ellen Hopkins beautifully wrote the different perspectives concerning guns, immigration, and races. This was a hard read only because it dealt with the reality that human violence is happening all around us for a variety of different reasons. I would really recommend this book to anyone.
This book has triggers such as gun violence and rape.
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This book has triggers such as gun violence and rape.
Full Review on my blog https://jademelody.wixsite.com/melodious/home/people-kill-people-~-ellen-hopkins
breichbaum's review against another edition
4.0
Very stereotypical but also bring to light things that can and do happen.
minseigle's review against another edition
2.0
This book was just ok for me. I didnt really like the content (white power! guns!) but since I like Ellen Hopkins, I decided to give it a try. The writing was a little tough....I found myself scanning, not really reading, the sections that were not person-specific. And for the ones that were person-specific, they kept rotating among the people and I found myself often asking, "Wait, who was that again?" Finally, I usually want a happy ending, and there was one in this book, but I found myself disbelieving that everything could be so neat and tidy and happy.
twistsandtomes's review against another edition
1.0
DNF. yeah, no. i couldn’t finish this. at first the message just felt a little heavy handed but not anything i couldn’t tolerate. i progressively became more and more uncomfortable with reading about white nationalists through a second person point of view because i’m, y’know, a person of color. then came the sexual assault of a child around page 140. i really can’t read this. the book has a good message overall (although it’s expressed in a hamfisted way), but it revels a little too much in the graphic stuff for me to be able to stomach it. all of ellen hopkins’s writing is like this for me, tbh. i don’t know what i was expecting to be different with this one.
tx2its's review against another edition
4.0
Reading 2019
Book 106: People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
My second Ellen Hopkins book to read. I decided not to continue the Crank series after finishing the first one. I am not much of a series reader, though I do have a couple of favorites.
This book is narrated by Violence. It whispers to the characters in the book, it enters their thoughts. The book is written alternately in verse and prose, entering the inner most thoughts of several trouble characters, all with secrets. The book is haunting, chilling, eerie, there is no looking away. All of the characters have something messed up going on in their lives, one of the characters has Epilepsy that she lives with after a car accident.
I enjoyed (weird word here, but going with it) the book. Hopkins writing style draws me in, her interesting perspective keeps me engaged. Several reviewers did not like the style of the writing and found it hard to keep up with, hard to understand who is talking. For me, I found that part very interesting. This book is definitely YA and not middle grade. High School age and older.
Book 106: People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
My second Ellen Hopkins book to read. I decided not to continue the Crank series after finishing the first one. I am not much of a series reader, though I do have a couple of favorites.
This book is narrated by Violence. It whispers to the characters in the book, it enters their thoughts. The book is written alternately in verse and prose, entering the inner most thoughts of several trouble characters, all with secrets. The book is haunting, chilling, eerie, there is no looking away. All of the characters have something messed up going on in their lives, one of the characters has Epilepsy that she lives with after a car accident.
I enjoyed (weird word here, but going with it) the book. Hopkins writing style draws me in, her interesting perspective keeps me engaged. Several reviewers did not like the style of the writing and found it hard to keep up with, hard to understand who is talking. For me, I found that part very interesting. This book is definitely YA and not middle grade. High School age and older.
slothieereads's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
3.5
As much as I absolutely love Ellen Hopkins this one was just okay. It felt less like a book and more about the dangers of gun violence being shoved down your throat. I didn't really feel like I knew any of the characters and the pacing was so slow in the first 75%.
jennifermreads's review against another edition
4.0
Which of the teens purchased the gun sold through the classifieds? Was it Rand, the young man with dreams of being a police officer? Or his wife Cami who is growing bored of staying at home with their little boy? Or is it instead Silas or Ashlyn, who are deeply enmeshed in a youth white supremacist group? Or has Noelle, who lost everything after being a victim of gun violence, decided to join the rank of gun owners? Or is it Daniel who is living on the streets but is clinging frantically to the love of his life Grace? After a week filled with tense moments, one person will pull the trigger. One person will die.
In an interesting twist to her normal novel-in-verse style, Ellen Hopkins shares a timely story using a combination of verse and prose. A unique voice narrates. Is it Violence? Is it Death? Whoever is leading us down the path to the last page, I pictured the little evil devil whispering in your ear urging you to do what is so obviously wrong.
The characters are diverse and rich. Each has their own problems and challenges, as well as varying viewpoints on current politics. The multiple perspectives gives readers fresh glimpses into the minds of the players while also urging readers to see the motivations for each choice they make.
I finished reading this just a day and a half after yet another mass shooting. {May those touched by the violence in Thousand Oaks be protected as they move through their grief.} Ellen Hopkins notes that she wrote her acknowledgements after yet another school shooting (I’m guessing probably the Stoneman Douglas school shooting). The sad part? Even if you read this a year or two after publication, I imagine the same things will be happening. A solution to gun violence is illusive, complicated, and will be multi--faceted. This book took a highly political topic and weaved a narrative that explored so many sides and views. It was artfully done.
The title says it all: People Kill People. The gun? It is a tool that makes it so much easier.
In an interesting twist to her normal novel-in-verse style, Ellen Hopkins shares a timely story using a combination of verse and prose. A unique voice narrates. Is it Violence? Is it Death? Whoever is leading us down the path to the last page, I pictured the little evil devil whispering in your ear urging you to do what is so obviously wrong.
The characters are diverse and rich. Each has their own problems and challenges, as well as varying viewpoints on current politics. The multiple perspectives gives readers fresh glimpses into the minds of the players while also urging readers to see the motivations for each choice they make.
I finished reading this just a day and a half after yet another mass shooting. {May those touched by the violence in Thousand Oaks be protected as they move through their grief.} Ellen Hopkins notes that she wrote her acknowledgements after yet another school shooting (I’m guessing probably the Stoneman Douglas school shooting). The sad part? Even if you read this a year or two after publication, I imagine the same things will be happening. A solution to gun violence is illusive, complicated, and will be multi--faceted. This book took a highly political topic and weaved a narrative that explored so many sides and views. It was artfully done.
The title says it all: People Kill People. The gun? It is a tool that makes it so much easier.
juliakellypeters's review against another edition
2.0
This was a middle of the road book for me. It deals with difficult topics and it does a good job at providing the reader with various reasons people may turn to violence. I found the ending a little disappointing. While not impossible it seemed like more of a shock factor ending rather than a realistic way to end this story.