Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

77 reviews

bishopbox's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is very heavy and personal. I think it’d be wrong of me to explain my feelings without giving a little background of myself. Truthfully, I was a really boring teen who just went to school and then came home and played video games all day. No drugs. 
Reading this book was a tragic eye-opener to the things I knew happened to people at my school, but I never witnessed myself. 
This is a tragic and powerful tale. Many places are pushing to ban this book and I want to push against that. This is a very real reality that many teens go through. Crank doesn’t glamorize drugs or demonize the main character for falling into the trap. Just tells the story as the tragic awful thing that it is. And not only is it realistic and gritty, but it’s written phenomenally with beautiful poetry and prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia

dadcalves's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

floorsalad's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Homophobia

knottynelly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Rape

borghalrantipole's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

itzjez's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Rape

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

reaganel's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Pregnancy

librarian_barbie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

Idk, a little preachy? Gave very much Go Ask Alice vibes and felt more like listening to Nancy Reagan than an actual teen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Pregnancy

jnewman's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion