Glass by ellen hopkins
The tale is disturbingly beautiful, emotionally jarring, and elaborately constructed.
#Glass by ellen hopkins series
She's able to construct a linear narrative out of a series of concrete poems where readers become entangled in all of Kristina'a dilemmas. Readers can't help sympathizing with her regardless of all of the messed up choices she's made.Īs with the first book, I was mesmerized at Hopkins' narrative.
The story is sad she becomes embroiled in dealing meth and and contemplates prostitution. Juggling several "boyfriends" at a time, Kristina recognizes that what she's doing in wrong, but is reactive as opposed to being proactive in terms of her addiction. After being kicked out of her house and denied access to her son, she finds herself at the mercy of the monster. In this follow-up to Kristina's sordid tale, she continues to chronicle her life with the monster (crystal meth). After I finished Crank, I practically sped my way to Barnes and Noble go get this book, the second in the series.