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shoshin's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
2.5
Tear jerker at the end, but still kind of a standard "teens make bad decisions and have terrible consequences" book, like a lot of her others. Never a good sign when you roll your eyes at a character you're supposed to be feeling sympathetic to.
redvelvetpenguins's review against another edition
2.0
meh. this whole book was meh, at best. the characters were so atrocious and unlikeable. it was all so sexist and infuriating. props to Ellen Hopkins though for filling the very essence of teen stupidity
pagesofraleen's review against another edition
Way too many perspectives and the story is getting hard to follow, because of this.
serialreader's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
2.0
allieskat17's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
relaxing
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
An amazing story told by the children of the characters introduced in triangles. This telling follows the lives of Mikayla Harley and Shane as they go through a summer and year of school. Mikayla falls in love only to get pregnant and have a huge decision to make. Just as Shane gets used to having his first boyfriend, his sister dies leaving Shane to find a way to grieve. Harley, Shane’s cousin, wants to grow up fast loose weight and get with guys only to learn that sometimes you can’t go back
kobrien1014's review against another edition
sad
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
2.0
kyvenn's review
3.0
I really enjoyed Ellen Hopkins when I was growing up, and I still like most of her work. But this one fell flat for me. I wanted more from the ending. I feel the characters stories bad just started when they abruptly ended and there were so many questions left unanswered.
cadyly's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the structure of this book. It was unique and refreshing. It was a little difficult at times, holding all the characters and their relationships in your head to be able to understand the story, especially as the point of view changed every few pages. I was tempted to make a chart or something on a white board. That aside, it was fun to be able to see situations and interactions from multiple points of view.
The poems/prose on the black pages were particularly interesting, with the way the outlying words created either a summary of the message, or a counterpoint to it.
I didn't realize until after I had started reading this that it was a companion book to Triangles. Perhaps, I would have understood the interactions better if I had read that one first.
The teen characters were believable, although I think the concentration of major negative events was too high. But I can forgive a certain lack of realism for the sake of a story. :) I was particularly proud of Mikayla and the decisions that she made.
The emotional responses of the teens seemed a little... off. Not by much, but it almost felt that they were a little removed from their own circumstances.
Overall, there's a lot of sex and drugs, etc. I'm not sure if morally/spiritually this is the best book for someone to read, but it did serve it's entertainment purpose. While it was over 500 pages long, I read it between lunch and dinner. :)
The poems/prose on the black pages were particularly interesting, with the way the outlying words created either a summary of the message, or a counterpoint to it.
I didn't realize until after I had started reading this that it was a companion book to Triangles. Perhaps, I would have understood the interactions better if I had read that one first.
The teen characters were believable, although I think the concentration of major negative events was too high. But I can forgive a certain lack of realism for the sake of a story. :) I was particularly proud of Mikayla and the decisions that she made.
The emotional responses of the teens seemed a little... off. Not by much, but it almost felt that they were a little removed from their own circumstances.
Overall, there's a lot of sex and drugs, etc. I'm not sure if morally/spiritually this is the best book for someone to read, but it did serve it's entertainment purpose. While it was over 500 pages long, I read it between lunch and dinner. :)
vault_g1rl's review against another edition
2.0
I just can't handle teenage stupidity and there was soooo much of it. The writing was a little over dramatic for my taste.
samlo_books's review against another edition
3.0
I have read all of Ellen Hopkins' books and have enjoyed them all. Having said that, I must confess I didn't enjoy this one as much as I've enjoyed her other works. I didn't get as emotionally attached to the characters in Tilt as I have to her other characters. Despite that fact I do believe Tilt has a powerful message behind it. It deals with the way teenagers view sex, death, and pregnancy.