Crank by Ellen Hopkins

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Crank

Ellen Hopkins

3.92 AVERAGE

hambone44's review against another edition

3.0
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spookyem's review against another edition

2.0
Crank was okay, but anticlimactic, I just didn't feel much for the characters. Also, I just wasn't feeling the writing style, I think that's why I couldn't get into it. Meh.

moony_eyed's review against another edition

5.0
loved this book. going to read the sequel soon.

pstubby13's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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eclecticemily's review

1.0
challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Summary: A teenage girl named Kristina goes to visit her estranged father for the summer and ends up getting addicted to meth. She has an alter ego she calls Bree, which she uses as her persona as she starts to dabble in more and more misdeeds.

Favorite Quote: I listened to this on audio so I don't have exact quotes, but I thought the sections that portrayed Bree like a separate entity inside Kristina were interesting. The metaphor of a drug/addiction being a monster was also evocative.

Review: I mostly didn't like the way this handled some of the topics toward the end. It takes a pretty pro-life stance on abortion which I don't agree with and I don't like to see that stance in a book aimed at young people personally.
Especially when she's pregnant with her rapist's baby which is usually considered an exception even for most pro-life people.
It also ends up taking a pretty pessimistic stance on rehabilitation for drug addicts, like basically saying it's not possible. Also just in general this is a very 'scared straight' style book which feels kind of dated and preachy. The audiobook production was also really bad for some reason. Like there are random sections where the narrator sounds completely different or the sound quality gets really bad for no reason.
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blue_karou's review against another edition

4.0
Initially, I was turned off by the poetic form of this book but as I continued through it, I realized that the economy of words actually created a more vivid picture in my mind than prose would. This was moving and illuminating and heart-breaking all at once.
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geezlouiiise's review against another edition

5.0
I loved this book. I was up all hours of the night reading this book, which is my favorite of Ellen Hopkins' amazing books. She wrote an exceptional story that i'll never forget. I'd actually read it again.

kymobereads's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

robinvanille's review against another edition

1.0
DNF. I’m sorry but what is this. Reading some small books to get to my Goodreads goal. This book was trying sooo hard to be deep and it really wasn’t working. The verse. Actually terrible. The fact that this is a NYT bestseller is concerning lol

bianca_therese's review against another edition

4.5
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes