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_shortcake22's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
duderun's review against another edition
2.25
I honestly really enjoy all of Ellen Hopkins’s books. They always have a lesson and stick with you long after reading. This book is no different. I hope Kristina is doing okay now.
book_journey91's review
5.0
Fallout was a good book. The first two books, Crank and Burn, were a awesome. Fallout was based on the life of the mom, things that could happen to the children.
cemmalyn12's review
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
heathercottledillon's review
3.0
I can't decide how I feel about the Crank series. I think it's great that that the books are out there and depicting the dark side of drugs and what they do to abusers and their families. And I like the premise of this final book in the trilogy: it jumps forward twenty years and shows how the children of the original main character are dealing with the consequences of their mother's drug abuse. On the other hand, there's too much teen angst for me in this one, and I don't particularly like the format (of all three books). I think the author writes in verse to to make her books stand out and draw in kids who shy away from dense pages of text, but it was distracting for me at the parts where it reads more like regular prose but just has weird spacing and line breaks. Despite the distractions and angsty drama, the series held my interest throughout.
tcgarback's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
⭐️💫
Critical Score: D+
Personal Score: D
I put off reading this for a long time because I expected it to be really boring, and it is.
It’s so slim on plot, the hot topics are lukewarm, Kristina is sidelined (and seemingly irredeemable) in her own trilogy, the titular fallout is so underwhelming as to be hard to define, and the point at which the kids’ paths all finally cross is too little too late.
Yawn.
I do like that Hopkins occasionally returns to the shorter and more experimental verse of Crank, but that’s a minor compliment.
And about those epistolary add-ins; they are so vaguely connected to the story that they almost feel inserted by mistake. Weird.
Critical Score: D+
Personal Score: D
I put off reading this for a long time because I expected it to be really boring, and it is.
It’s so slim on plot, the hot topics are lukewarm, Kristina is sidelined (and seemingly irredeemable) in her own trilogy, the titular fallout is so underwhelming as to be hard to define, and the point at which the kids’ paths all finally cross is too little too late.
Yawn.
I do like that Hopkins occasionally returns to the shorter and more experimental verse of Crank, but that’s a minor compliment.
And about those epistolary add-ins; they are so vaguely connected to the story that they almost feel inserted by mistake. Weird.
trishellis's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
allieskat17's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is by far one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. I was raised by my grandparents after my mother lost custody of me and it meant so much to me to see others out there in my situation.
This book continues Kristina’s story in the perspectives of her three oldest children. This book follows hunter, autumn, and summer as they try to navigate the life they’ve been left with due to their mothers addiction.
This book continues Kristina’s story in the perspectives of her three oldest children. This book follows hunter, autumn, and summer as they try to navigate the life they’ve been left with due to their mothers addiction.
thesimplereader's review against another edition
3.0
This is the third book in the "Crank" series, which completely consumed me; however, this book just could not catch my attention. It was wonderfully written, just like all of Ellen Hopkins other works, but it was a story that just should have ended with "Glass".
In Fallout, the story continues with the main character's illegitimate children and their struggles. I found it as a weird spin off of the main story.
In Fallout, the story continues with the main character's illegitimate children and their struggles. I found it as a weird spin off of the main story.