Crank

Life was goodbefore Imet the monster After, life was great, At least for a little while Like a seed planted in your body, Crank is an unforgettable read that sweeps you up into a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and the choices and mistakes you must make when growing up After I finished this novel, a little invisible demon grew at my side and will forever travel at my shoulder whispering this story and its consequences into my shuddering ears Read this book, you will never do meth and will always rememb [...]

This is one of those books I can t give a star rating to at least not by the definitions assigns I did not like this book at all and yet I am forced to admit it is powerful, important, scary as you know where and should be read by every parent of teenagers today My daughter brought Crank home from the school library and also read it in a day it s positively riveting Ellen Hopkins first novel is based on her own tragic experience as a mother of a crank meth addict So although Crank is technically [...]

Read a book set in high school.Ok ya ll Time for another brutally honest and very personal review from yours truly Gee, i seem to be writing a lot of personal reviews lately, don t I As some of you may have noticed, I haven t spent a lot of time on here or even been reading much this summer That s because I ve been dealing with a lot of personal shit on my plate Some of that has to do with work Some with school But I am, for the first time admitting to all of you that the main reason is because [...]

Find all of my reviews at 52bookminimum WARNING UNPOPULAR OPINION AND PROFANITY AHEAD This is the story of Kristina and the downward spiral her life takes once she decides to dance with the monster First things first Apparently I missed the memo that said everything disturbing should be written in free verse form Note to writers Using this method does not make your work poetic or better, so stop doing it if you re not good at it.On to the actual story I know Crank was supposed to bring to lig [...]

Call me a narc, I just can t empathize Believe me, I put myself in her shoes I understand that there are drug users who have reasons for taking cocaine, but what s her problem One, her dad is a big jerkbutt And that s about it I can imagine worse situations in a second If I were her, I would call my mom and beg her to take me home That, and call Child Services to inspect him End of story Also, nobody forced her to snort It was all her stupid mind that chose to take the step because some dude was [...]

I don t want this to come across like I m desensitized to drugs and how they can screw up someone s life, because I ve personally seen that happen to many times to ever underestimate the power of addiction And while I think it s important that YA authors write about these topics in an honest and eye opening way, I don t think that Hopkins did that, even though her story is based on first hand experience with meth I felt that much of her writing was cliche, in terms of language and description I [...]

4.75 starsAs someone who had a close friend that fell into using drugs and sleeping around, this book really hit home It made me feel like I was reliving seeing my friend fall apart, right before my very eyes It hurt to read this at some parts, made me want to shake Kristina and beg her to please, stop to tell her she s better than this But of course, I knew that would do little good It hadn t done much for my friend In fact, it d done nothing.I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the writing an [...]

An immensely powerful book, Crank brings us a heartbreaking downfall into drug addiction Knowing Ellen personally experienced much of this story gives it even of an emotional pull, as we learn that this is based on Ellen s own daughter s story I m still quite new to verse novels so it did take me a good 100 pages which took like 20 mins to read, really you can fly through verse books in no time to get comfortable with the writing style Before that I kept concentrating on how I was supposed to r [...]

Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open Have you ever been so angry that you couldn t look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you ______________________________Every time I read an Ellen Hopkins book it s always an emotional journey and this one is n [...]

melissa413readsalotOMG I am in love with this book It s so very sad I just don t really have words for it I opened it today, didn t even put it on my currently reading list as I couldn t put it down Kristina sinks into a world of drugs crank all kinds she gets hurt I would like to take a hot iron poker to the one that hurts her When Kristina goes into her world of drugs she calls herself Bree Bree is cool or so she thinks Did it all start because she goes to see her father Her father is a druggi [...]

I m not sure that I can adequately put my feelings about this poignantly written epic poem novel into words Part of my fears that I cannot do it justice Simply put, this book embodies the type of literature that I live and breathe for It s one of those books that vindicates my decision to become an educator and teach this type of literature It also proves that not all great literature looks like a modern novel nor is it written by dead white guys Written as a series of concrete poems, Crank chro [...]

Kristina is a bright, good kid But now, Kristina is gone Bree has taken her place Bree is dangerous Bree is willing to try anything Bree craves the monster Bree craves crank Crank is a novel, in verse, detailing Kristina s transformation into Bree On a trip to visit her father, Kristina meets Adam Adam introduces her to crank But even before that fateful trip, Kristina had felt Bree s presence Kristina never would have even spoken to Adam That was all Bree Kristina never would have been attracte [...]

Interested in of my reviews Visit my blog Crank, you seeisn t any ordinary monster It s like a giant octopus, weavingits tentacles notjust around you, but through you,squeezingnot hard enough tokill you, but enough to keep you from reelinguntil you try to getaway.The StorylineKristina is a high school junior who s your typical normal kid who brings home good grades and has never done anything to disappoint her mom Kristina though, isn t always Kristina Sometimes she becomes Bree, the girl she s [...]

Girls get screwed.Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they re always on the short end of things.The way things work, howguys feel great, but make girls feelcheap for doingexactly whatthey beg for.The way they get to play you,all the while claiming theylove you and making youbelieve it strue.The way it s okay to gift their heart one day, a backhand the next,to move on to the apricotwhen the peach blushes and bruises.These things make me believe God s a man after all I don t know anything ab [...]

How many of you read Go Ask Alice when you were younger Well, Crank by Ellen Hopkins is sort of like Go Ask Alice, only 1000x better Upon finishing Crank, I did not think drugs were cool, whereas when I finished Go Ask Alice I was able to see the appeal of whatever that girl was on In Crank, the drugs are legit scary and the results tangible and immediate.Read the rest of my review here

Intense, Raw and Disturbingly Thought Provoking I love it A must read and I can t wait to read the sequel Glass

The book Crank is one of the best books I have read This book has 537 pages This book is a book from 9 12 grade I say it is a level Z reading book It was written in a poetic way, like no other book The characters in the book are Kristina Georgia a.k.a Bree , her mom, Adam, Chase, and Brendan Kristina used to be a good girl Until one day that she went on a trip to visit her dad That experiance changed her for life She met the monster CRANK Crank is a type of drug She started to do it because of t [...]

I picked this book out of my advisory grab bag and it s thickness made me a little nervous about having to tackle such a large book in a week in a half But my hope leaped forward when a realized that this book was written in, yessss, poetry Well I really wouldn t call them poems like paragraphs with weird spacing, but those weird spaces created lots of blank space and a lot less words Other than the shortening factor of the poetic layout, I really would have preferred a normal book It was reall [...]

More reviews Anti Drug ReadsI don t know why, but I wanted so much to hate this book And in some ways I did Not because it was slow, boring, or uncreative, but because it grossed me out seeing how anyone, even I, could meander down the wrong path so easily Crank really made me look into the mirror and rethink my standards morals This is definitely something EVERY TEEN should read, for it teaches an important lesson I give Ellen Hopkins 5 stars for this masterpiece It may not have become one of m [...]

Before anything else, I ll say I m glad I read this book I d never read a novel done entirely in free verse before, so I was interested to see how it would turn out.After reading it, I have to say that it s the content of a slight novella stretched across 500 pages Theres an astonishing amount of white space and many pages contain no than nine or ten words But that s not the crux of my criticism of the book.But rather it s the nature of the stylistic choice to write in verse rather than simple [...]

This book is definitely the best poetry book I have ever read As soon as my teacher showed me this book and told me what it was about, I instantly wanted to read the book Its a story about a girl and a monster , which is a crystal meth and it is changing this what use to be a perfect girl The best part of this book is the details on how the girl dealt with her addiction and how drugs can change a person I learned how fast drugs can change someone This book was fantastic and I recommend this book [...]

I wrote this review from the perspective of an educator, so it might be beneficial for teachers I feel bad saying this because of the dark, sad, content, but this was an amazing book I typically read Go Ask Alice with my 11th 12th graders because of the detailed description of the main character s drug use and ultimate downward spiral I think it is an important book to share because of the impressionable and exploratory stage my students are at After reading Crank, I would not be opposed to rea [...]

Life was good before I met the monster After, life was great, At least for a little while I am always drawn and intrigued by books that deal with real human problems and emotion.I have read books on incest, abuse and alcoholism.Crank is actually one of those books.Crank is a story about how a normal teenage girl became a substance abuser.It was written in meaningful verses that would keep you glued to its pages.Kristina was as shy and reserved.Bree was fun and outgoing.Kristina is Bree.Bree is K [...]

This book was WOW This book is one of the best books I have ever read on the subject of drug addiction This book beautifully describes, in a verse form, how drugs completely and horribly destroyed a girls life This book weaves together a tale of the dangers of drugs.The main character was very relatable, though I have never done drugs, one finds themselves sympathizing with her and her struggles Even hating one of the characters so much for hurting the main character The main character is were t [...]

Initial thoughts 1 Quick read The style of verse pulls you into Kristina s reality quickly and with a jolt.2 Ellen Hopkins is able to convict a lot of raw emotion in very few words.3 A dark and fast paced introduction to the destructive nature of drugs meth.4 Knowing that this story is loosely based on a true story the author s daughter made the read impactful.5 Intriguing to see how Kristina changes, especially moving from one environment to another To see the monsters grasp wherever Kristina [...]

9.5 10 stars This book was really good I loved it and I finished it in 2 sittings I feel like this book was factual than fiction because of the accurate descriptions of how Bree Kristen went through the monster aka meth It scared me a little bit on what meth does to you Overall, this book was really nice and the ending was a little shock I still love Impulse in there, it was so real about deaths and everything, it scared me This was also very real but in my heart, it tugs to Impulse than Cran [...]

What is it with me and reading poetry poetic prose in December Last wonderful December, I really enjoyed Ariel by Sylvia Plath Going through some things and I wanted to read something human , something personal for catharsis, to let it all go and I was about to reread Forbidden again when I chose this Blew me away, such rawness I ll say this and I ll say it again Books help, they heal Never stop reading Oddly enough, the MC here reminded me of the one in Underwater by Marisa Reichardt But what I [...]

Everything about this book is different from anything I have ever read It is small and thick kind of shaped like a bag of cornmeal however had I not started it at 10 PM, I would most definitely have read it in one sitting Written in prose that changes shape and font from page to page, it is a terrifying, brilliant, important, tremendously sad story based upon the life of the author s seventeen year old daughter Unique, seemingly honest and authentic, and a very quick, compulsive read I m still s [...]

Man, it was good to read this again I haven t read it in years My memories of its contents were so hazy I couldn t even remember Kristina s middle name Or the name of the guy that view spoiler raped her hide spoiler.Ellen Hopkins is one of those authors whose books you can only read so many of at a time before they all start blending together into one loosely incoherent story, because they all sort of deal with the same topics they re all about drugs and sex and naughty stuff teens shouldn t be [...]

Crank es un libro que descubr en el 2015, y desde ese entonces lo busqu sin xito Me lo encontr hace apenas dos d as, y aprovech para leerlo porque su formato hace que sea una lectura m s gil de lo usual La historia est narrada en verso libre, y de una forma muy cruda y triste, como la realidad que atraviesa todo aqu l que cae en las garras del monstruo El libro trata temas complejos y delicados como el abuso de sustancias y las violaciones, todo de una forma gr fica, y sin romantizarlos, algo qu [...]