constantreader_nic 's review for:

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

3.0

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As a mom of teens, I appreciate what Hopkins is trying to do here-tell her daughter’s addiction story through an affecting book in verse. I imagine it has reached a lot of people (and hopefully shown teens the perils of drugs and addiction). As a 40 something woman, I just didn’t like the writing. It felt really disingenuous told by the mom AS the daughter (especially as her real daughter gave no input). I would have much preferred she tell the story as herself-the mom-looking in from the outside.