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A review by taviamorgan
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
5.0
4.5
i just wrote a whole review and then deleted it so now i’m upset lol. anyways i think this story is a really important one and tells a story of the awful impacts that guns can have an entire communities of people. I think each character was fairly unlikable except for the one that died and Noelle, who i did enjoy. I think the main idea behind the story was to explain how people kill people and guns make it easier. And a coward with a gun is still a coward. A story about a group of people whose lives were forever changed by a three-year-old and a weapon that his parents kept i safely in their home. no one faced any consequences except the loss of someone they loved but also you can’t arrest a 3 year old and his parents didn’t pull the trigger so whos in trouble? My least favorite was obviously Silas because he was a white supremacist asshole. He made decisions that were incomprehensible to me and that made sense to him. I think Ashlyn was really just looking for a group of people and she found it in the wrong group. Daniel had so many mental problems but wasn’t helped or provided for in anyway and it led to him doing toxic things and subsequently dying for it. rand and cami provided a weapon for a child to shoot someone who didn’t know any better. they weren’t shot on purpose and yet they still died. Their relationship was toxic and they both had issues beyond themselves and while they do stay together and they do create the family it will never be the same. Grace was the one person who felt like guns were unnecessary and damaging and she’s the one that died by one which was very impactful. There were multiple quotes and instances in this book that can be major teaching moments for generations. also silas would say and do things for people that would make them think he was nice but it was just to further himself. i also think the responses from the point of view of the gun were really interesting and necessary to tell the story. it’s interesting cause when some people are confronted with gun violence they steer away from guns while characters like silas just wanted to be more prepared next time. this is a story about the travesties of gun violence and it’s heartbreaking to read about especially because this stuff happens. definitely worth the read.
i just wrote a whole review and then deleted it so now i’m upset lol. anyways i think this story is a really important one and tells a story of the awful impacts that guns can have an entire communities of people. I think each character was fairly unlikable except for the one that died and Noelle, who i did enjoy. I think the main idea behind the story was to explain how people kill people and guns make it easier. And a coward with a gun is still a coward. A story about a group of people whose lives were forever changed by a three-year-old and a weapon that his parents kept i safely in their home. no one faced any consequences except the loss of someone they loved but also you can’t arrest a 3 year old and his parents didn’t pull the trigger so whos in trouble? My least favorite was obviously Silas because he was a white supremacist asshole. He made decisions that were incomprehensible to me and that made sense to him. I think Ashlyn was really just looking for a group of people and she found it in the wrong group. Daniel had so many mental problems but wasn’t helped or provided for in anyway and it led to him doing toxic things and subsequently dying for it. rand and cami provided a weapon for a child to shoot someone who didn’t know any better. they weren’t shot on purpose and yet they still died. Their relationship was toxic and they both had issues beyond themselves and while they do stay together and they do create the family it will never be the same. Grace was the one person who felt like guns were unnecessary and damaging and she’s the one that died by one which was very impactful. There were multiple quotes and instances in this book that can be major teaching moments for generations. also silas would say and do things for people that would make them think he was nice but it was just to further himself. i also think the responses from the point of view of the gun were really interesting and necessary to tell the story. it’s interesting cause when some people are confronted with gun violence they steer away from guns while characters like silas just wanted to be more prepared next time. this is a story about the travesties of gun violence and it’s heartbreaking to read about especially because this stuff happens. definitely worth the read.