ZukosGirl
Bolin
Mad-Eye and Sokka have so much in common
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Post by ZukosGirl on May 28, 2007 8:46:54 GMT -5
I just read this book (it was recommended to me by Splendi) and absolutely loved it. It's written in prose poetry form and it's about a girl who starts taking meth when she visits her father over the summer and it just outlines her struggles with 'the monster.' It is such a moving story. I really can't wait to read other stuff that Hopkins has written.
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ephemeraldraven
Katara
I know you're not supposed to cry over spilled tea, but...*cries*
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Post by ephemeraldraven on May 30, 2007 12:30:36 GMT -5
I really want to read this, and her other works. I flipped through Crank and it seemed incredibly powerful. I've always been a big fan of prose poetry, but have never seen it used quite like this. I think it'd be interesting to write a novel this way...*ponders*
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Splendi
Combustion Man
I've lost my place but I can't stop this story..
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Post by Splendi on Jul 3, 2007 12:26:40 GMT -5
Ellen is amazing. It's incredible how she gets you into the characters shoes. I don't have to take drugs, I know how they 'feel' [kinda, you know?] because she described them so vividly. It's terrible, yet beautiful. She writes wonderful, yet depressing books. ![](http://www.brick.net/~classact/F-drugs.jpg) Crank is about a young girl, her daughter actually, who gets caught up in the world of drugs. ![](http://x.myspace.com/images/books/covers/1416903569-l.jpg) Impulse, my favorite, is about teen suicide, or attempted, and the life if three teens who meet up at a rehab clinic. ![](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P331TPNBL._AA240_.jpg) Burned is the most recent I've read, and it's not the best. It's about a mormon girl that gets in way over her head. I love Ellens books, and Glass, the sequel to Crank, will be around soon!
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