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Crank

Ellen Hopkins

3.92 AVERAGE

aadantonio's review against another edition

4.0

Disturbing but brilliant. One girl's fall into the world of drugs. Scary and completely honest.

kellymcgatha's review against another edition

4.0

I can see teenagers becoming obsessed with this book. It has the brutal, not-a-single-detail-left-out sort of truth that teens crave. The entire story is written in poetic verse, which I really didn't expect to like as much as I did The verse flowed extremely well and made the book a quick read. I didn't realize until I opened the book to start reading it that the author based the book off her own daughter's addiction to crystal meth-- a fact which made the story feel so much more real to me.

I'm not sure I'll read anymore of her books (it's the intense/depressing sort of story that I think you really need to be a teenager to read) but I'm really glad I read this one, and I definitely recommend it to teens.

ms_tiahmarie's review against another edition

~Hers is the face I wear,
treading the riptide,
Fathomless oceans where
good girls drown.~

~a steady beat of an
emptiness

So complete I had
No clue how to fill it,~

~"I love you, let's see other people."
Interesting
sentence structure.~

~ These new friends...are they...okay?
Why couldn't she just say
what she meant, ask if they'd led
me down the path to hell.~

~Have you ever once in your life
reached out to touch infinity?~

abeiffert's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sbendel's review against another edition

2.0

The main character seemed too whiney for me...

fabtasmagoria's review against another edition

5.0

I first read this book all the way back in 8th grade and decided to re-read Hopkins’ books as an adult.

The best part is the way this book is written. It’s truly an ~experience.~The poems themselves dive deep into Kristina/Bree’s innermost thoughts while the pictures the prose makes up add extra context or insight.

This is a great read. It’s all things at once — sad, happy, hopeful, melancholy, etc. It doesn’t read like some devotional warning about the dangers of drugs. It reads like the mind of a 17 year old girl who is way over her head.