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A review by hungrybrainz
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
3.0
I remember being in high school and reading this series - I thought “WOW, how frightening…I never want to try meth” which I’m pretty sure is ultimately the point of the novel. So in that aspect - good job for deterring teens from trying hard drugs.
It is my understanding that the author wrote it about her daughter. After re-reading it as an adult (and now a parent myself) I find it to feel a little…insincere. Almost cheesy? As if she was milking her daughter’s struggle to publish a successful book series. Perhaps it is because I couldn’t see myself being able to write an artsy book series about my child in some of the darkest times of their life; chronicling their struggles, with fiction sprinkled in to make it “interesting”.
I enjoy YA novels, and a break from the norm - but I just couldn’t stay invested in this novel the second time around.
It is my understanding that the author wrote it about her daughter. After re-reading it as an adult (and now a parent myself) I find it to feel a little…insincere. Almost cheesy? As if she was milking her daughter’s struggle to publish a successful book series. Perhaps it is because I couldn’t see myself being able to write an artsy book series about my child in some of the darkest times of their life; chronicling their struggles, with fiction sprinkled in to make it “interesting”.
I enjoy YA novels, and a break from the norm - but I just couldn’t stay invested in this novel the second time around.