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birdnerd30 's review for:
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
dark
sad
medium-paced
I don’t usually read YA fiction, but I listened because a local banned book group was reading it. Initially I thought the title meant “cranky and didn’t even know it’s slang for meth. I wasn’t thrilled to be listening to a YA book about drug use, to be honest. It wasn’t surprising that things took a dark turn. All the teenage angst, narcissism, shitty relationships, and ennui is to be expected.
When I was a teen, I read Naked Lunch and that definitely deterred me from doing drugs. Later, in college, I lived in a house with people who abused speed. No thanks.
I learned when I was pretty far along that the book is written as a series of poems. It doesn’t really come across in the audiobook and might make for a more interesting read than listen.
When I was a teen, I read Naked Lunch and that definitely deterred me from doing drugs. Later, in college, I lived in a house with people who abused speed. No thanks.
I learned when I was pretty far along that the book is written as a series of poems. It doesn’t really come across in the audiobook and might make for a more interesting read than listen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape