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Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
First thing that is important about me and this review of the book, is that I hate drugs and drug users. I am probably the most unsympathetic person for stories about those poor little users with their illness. I do not see it as an illness, because i have seen a drugaddict from nearby and someone with a real illness, so let me tell you, those things are not the same. I read this book, because I love Ellen Hopkins and I honestly had no idea this was a story about drugs. If I would have known, I would have probably never picked up the book, but I am so glad I did.
Ellen Hopkins has a way with words and taking the reader into her imaginary world, without giving too many details. I love the space she leaves for the reader's own imagination. The book revolves around the addiction of Kristina/Bree. Kristina is a well written character, in which I could find a lot of aspects of myself. Bree is the opposite of Kristina (and thus of me), but is written so clearly and with precision that somehow she makes perfect sense next to Kristina. The journey of the addiction of the young woman is painful, however Hopkins succeeds in telling the story without making Kristina/Bree look like a victim. Certain passages made my heart break for this young, confused girl, but never did I feel like the writer was forcing me to feel sorry for Kristina/Bree and her illness. It was a record of her mistakes and the inner thoughts that evolved these mistakes, which made it easy for the reader to understand why she did what she did, even though the reader might not ever do the same.
Hopkins approached a very delicate and overused topic in the best way I have ever seen. She takes the reader into the though process of the junkie, but never ever forces the reader to see her as a victim. It's raw, honest and life changing.
Ellen Hopkins has a way with words and taking the reader into her imaginary world, without giving too many details. I love the space she leaves for the reader's own imagination. The book revolves around the addiction of Kristina/Bree. Kristina is a well written character, in which I could find a lot of aspects of myself. Bree is the opposite of Kristina (and thus of me), but is written so clearly and with precision that somehow she makes perfect sense next to Kristina. The journey of the addiction of the young woman is painful, however Hopkins succeeds in telling the story without making Kristina/Bree look like a victim. Certain passages made my heart break for this young, confused girl, but never did I feel like the writer was forcing me to feel sorry for Kristina/Bree and her illness. It was a record of her mistakes and the inner thoughts that evolved these mistakes, which made it easy for the reader to understand why she did what she did, even though the reader might not ever do the same.
Hopkins approached a very delicate and overused topic in the best way I have ever seen. She takes the reader into the though process of the junkie, but never ever forces the reader to see her as a victim. It's raw, honest and life changing.