Name: Crank
Rating: 3.923076923076923 (234 reviews)
ISBN: 9781416994282

Ellen Hopkins

Crank + Glass

Crank

Amanda Autumn Berrey

We used to do coke, till “Just Say No” put the stuff out of reach. Now it’s crank. Meth. The monster. It’s a bitch on the body, but damn do you fly.

The problem with resolutions is they’re only as solid as the person making them.

Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.

Sara Uribe

This was one of the first books I picked up read in the middle of High school, it was something that I needed to read and I am so glad that I did. This is an unforgettable read with a powerful message. If you don't want to go on an emotional journey, this is not a book for you.

Audrey Lord

I didn't Think I would like this story because I don't really like people who do drugs. But it was so beautifully written that once I started I wanted to see whether Kristina would win or if Bree would.

Jeannette Ordas

A huge, thick book that once cracked you realize is filled with white space. I felt bad for the trees.

Kaela Childers

Aly Valenz

I read this for the first time back in 2019. The struggles she has between who she is and who the monster makes her, tells the story of how drugs can be a main focus in your life. Her perseverance and her harness to control it leads Through these pages  her story is told in a beautiful way and I strongly recommend it.

Olivera Mitić

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Barbara Rosas

Amo este libro, en realidad te pone en otro punto de vista y la lectura es tan rápida que no te das cuenta de que te lo acabas de terminar.

Gifted Kristina Georgia Snow takes a harrowing journey through the nightmare of drug addiction, in a book based on actual events. Original.

Jeni Enjaian

I really wanted to enjoy this book much more than I did. I usually do enjoy narrative poetry. This book however, showed no reason for writing this book in poetry. Others I have read, like "The Sky Is Everywhere" had a reason. The character wrote those lines. They felt like they actually came from her. This book, however, shows no reason for Kristina/Bree to express herself that way. Nothing felt deep either, any of her reasons, any of her actions. I suppose that might come from the fact that Hopkins wrote this as a way of expressing what happened to their family when something similar happened to them. I can see why people rave about this book; I simply do not feel the same way.

Laura

Die Selbstzerstörung kann unfassbar anziehend sein, ganz besonders wenn das Monster im Spiel ist.
Aus der Ich-Perspektive erzählt uns Kristina, wie sie von einer begabten und beliebten Schülerin zu einem drogenabhängigen Gespenst wurde.
Sie spielt die Rolle der perfekten Tochter. Alles ändert sich, als sie ihren Vater in Reno besucht. Denn dort trifft Kristina auf das Monster: Crank. Eine Droge, die sie unfassbar schnell vergessen lässt, wer sie ist. Oder ruft sie doch nur die echte Kristina hervor, die sich bisher im Verborgenen hielt? Zwischen der ersten Liebe, dem ersten Sex, dem Finden neuer Freunde und einer hilflosen Familie rutscht Kristina unaufhaltsam in die Abhängigkeit.
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Jessica 

Blog | Twitter | Instagram | This is a rewrite of a review posted via my old book blog in 2007/2008.

The thing about Ellen Hopkins is that she manages to create a vivid picture of the darkness in the world through her lyrical writing. I've always found her to be brilliant and Crank is certainly the reasoning behind this. She's never one to sugar coat it, the bad, and she manages to make her characters believable and you're immediately drawn in to their minds like they're your own.

Written in free-verse, the story leads us into the plot of our narrator -- Kristina Georgia Snow -- heading off to see an absentee father and falling into the hands of "The Monster", crank, whatever it is you wish to call it. You see her struggle with identity and watch as she falls into a world so dark. Gone is Kristina and in her place is Bree.

Crank is at times difficult to read, her struggles feel so real, as she falls in love -- with her addiction, with a world you can't help but feel she doesn't belong in. It isn't extremely graphic but it is just the amount that can cause triggering effects for some in its raw emotion and touchy subject. Hopkins has never shied away from this.

This novel will always have a special place in my heart and I highly recommend it to anyone.

Gretchen Gomez

This book is the reason why I fell in love with Ellen Hopkins. However, I do recommend this for anyone 17+

It's about a girl who falls into drug addiction and how it became her one true love.

It's very dark. Nevertheless, amazing.

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