Crank
by Ellen Hopkins
Just in case you're not hip with the lingo, "crank" = "crystal meth". I find it difficult to believe that there is someone out there who doesn't know what that is, unless maybe they've been holed away in some box somewhere for most of their life...
I initially picked up this book because I thought it might not turn out to be one of those "good girl meets bad boy who convinces her he loves her so she'll get high and have sex with him" stories. I was disappointed. Can't there just be one book that heads in the other direction? From druggie to straight-edge and not the other way around? (But I firmly believe that Go Ask Alice doesn't fall into this 'typical teen-story' category. No, that book is fabulous, no matter how the narrator was in the beginning or how she turned out in the end.)
230 pages later, and I'm ready for this book to be over. It's a good thing it's written all in verse, so, though I still have some 300 pages left, I should be finished by Thursday, at the absolute latest. One would think that the poetry aspect of this book would give it an interesting twist, but it's quite unimpressive overall. It feels forced. It's almost as if the author said, "I need to make this otherwise dreary story (that could always be true for someone somewhere, but I don't know them) exciting... I know! Poetry! No one's ever done that before!" *smacks self in face for her stupidity of not realizing this 'brilliant' idea sooner*
... And it doesn't even rhyme. Anyone can write free form poetry. It takes a real Dr. Seuss to rhyme...
3 comments:
Sadly, few authors have the genius of Dr. Seuss. He's the best poet I've ever read. (And I'm glad you said what crank was, because otherwise your entry would have made no sense to me).
haha on MM's part... but hey, i really liked Crank, and you know that :P maybe i just find drugs more interesting that you do :)
Yeah, so, i've read Crank too, and i didn't like it very much either. I really don't like books that are written in poetry form, but i went ahead and read the books that came after Crank...they weren't that much different. Oh! And I totally agree with you: Go Ask Alice was an awesome book :P
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