A review by cp_frey
Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

2.0

I will be the first to say Ellen Hopkins always has my hands gripping her books, but this just didn't do it for me. I was very disappointed. As a best friend of an "army wife" it just didn't seem realistic at all. I felt very annoyed with the main character. It seemed her biggest concern was whether or not she should cheat on this guy who is serving our country. Not only that but with how unhappy she became with him she still said yes to his proposal!! I also hated how Ellen made him go bat shit crazy once he came home. That doesn't happen to every soldier... but if that's how she felt she wanted to end the book I would have been much happier if this was a book about him not her. I want to know WHY he came home like that. I feel more for him than I did the girl who was at home acting like a child. That being said, what he did at the end was completely uncalled for and I don't stand up for woman beaters under any circumstance.