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A review by jacmarrs
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
4.0
I have no idea how to rank this book. It was an amazing, fascinating read, yet so incredibly stressful, depressing, and heartbreaking. It is written in poetry form and follows the story of a teen whose parents are too busy paying attention to themselves to notice their daughter is addicted to crank. Being that I am incredibly naive, I had no idea what crank was, other than some sort of drug. I was so enlightened.
This poor girl gets sucked into the world of drugs and ends up going deeper and deeper, to a point that I don't think she would ever be able to crawl out. It took my breath away to read it. I am not a parent, so I do not know how difficult it is to raise children, especially teens. But my goodness, surely you can tell when your child is addicted to drugs, especially one as powerful as this. The sad thing is that her trip down this terrible road started because she was forced to spend a week or so with her father who had no interest in spending time with her, so she sought out people to pass the time with. Inevitably, they were the ones who walked her into the world of crank.
When I was done with this book I just wanted to scream "pay attention to your children!"
This poor girl gets sucked into the world of drugs and ends up going deeper and deeper, to a point that I don't think she would ever be able to crawl out. It took my breath away to read it. I am not a parent, so I do not know how difficult it is to raise children, especially teens. But my goodness, surely you can tell when your child is addicted to drugs, especially one as powerful as this. The sad thing is that her trip down this terrible road started because she was forced to spend a week or so with her father who had no interest in spending time with her, so she sought out people to pass the time with. Inevitably, they were the ones who walked her into the world of crank.
When I was done with this book I just wanted to scream "pay attention to your children!"