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magis1105's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
Moderate: Rape
lexi2006's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
laurawil's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Abandonment
amberspej's review
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It's interesting coming back to this book after not having read it in 15 years or so. I don't think it's as good as I thought it was in middle school, but damn if it didn't scare me away from drugs for sure. Now as an adult I have more problems with the situation in the book as a whole, but this book wasn't written for "adult" me. I think it can be a helpful portrait painted for teens/tweens who were my age when I first read it (12).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Rape
scs759's review against another edition
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape
chouchou9064's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Abortion, and Rape
macreads_97's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Rape
natsthecats's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Cursing, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Abortion
everettab06's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault
half_bloodreader's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
Written in 1st person, both in present tense and past tense.
Novel in verse
The author plays with form so that some poems can be read with dual meaning.
The author plays with form so that some poems can be read with dual meaning.
Crank is another name for methamphetamine, and that is what this story is all about. There are also other addictions like tobacco & other drugs, there's underage drinking too, as well as other risky behaviours.
So, it's a story about the downfalls of addiction from the pov of a girl who had everything to succeed in life, until she danced with the "monster". And oh did she fall easy into the drug's routine.
Now, I believe this is what they call "scared straight". The purpose of this hard-hitting book is to keep other teens away from addiction, and if it accomplishes that, all the better. I believe this is an important story, especially since it's based on the author's life.
And that is the reason why this book is hard to rate. The author has her experiences as the mother of an addict, and who am I to rate that? Then again, she didn't write from the mother's pov, but the daughter's, and how accurate is her pov on the one going through addiction? Regardless, I appreciate that she showed how the world pales from dug use, which is why it's so hard to quit. Studies show drugs work like this: stimulating the area for pleasure to a high level. Your brain gets used to a level that won't match normal life stimuli, so if you stop everything will feel boring, grey, unappetising, dejection.
There's some things I found issue with, and this book is so early 2000s, it shows. The casual homophobia, the gendered colours, the lack of contraceptives, the edginess, food describing skin tone (did you know Mediterranean has a colour flavour? Here I thought Mediterraneans came in all shades, as a Western European).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Suicide attempt and Alcohol