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Fallout (Crank #3)

by Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)

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Published September 14th 2010 by Margaret K. McElderry

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May 27, 2011

{Eva-la rated it

OMGZ!
can NOT wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Feb 28, 2011

Brent rated it

If you know me at all, you know that I think the world of Ellen Hopkins. Everything she publishes I devour religiously, and everything she says I agree with wholeheartedly. I’ve been a part of her (rather large) readership since I read her debut novel, CRANK, as a sixth-grader. Now, four year later, I’m sitting here writing a review of the conclusion to that powerful story that had me looking at life—and all the horrible things it entails, like addiction—in a whole new way.

Whe...more If you know me at all, you know that I think the world of Ellen Hopkins. Everything she publishes I devour religiously, and everything she says I agree with wholeheartedly. I’ve been a part of her (rather large) readership since I read her debut novel, CRANK, as a sixth-grader. Now, four year later, I’m sitting here writing a review of the conclusion to that powerful story that had me looking at life—and all the horrible things it entails, like addiction—in a whole new way.

When I found out there’d be more to Kristina’s story, I couldn’t say that I was happy. Because there’s nothing “happy” about that. I mean, Kristina’s story was so dark, and whenever I’d finish up either CRANK or GLASS, I’d be exhausted and ready to read some Lauren Conrad/Gossip Girl/happy rainbow shiz. I was unhappy because of the fact that if Kristina had more story, it meant she suffered more. And I didn’t want that to happen. I grew to love Kristina in CRANK and GLASS, and it’s rough to see such awful things happen to someone you love. Even if that “someone” is a fictional character. While unhappy I’d have to endure more Kristina-suffering, there was no way I was going to miss out on FALLOUT. I mean, I cling to everything Ellen writes like Kristina does to drugs. So yeah.

As I said, in CRANK and GLASS, I grew to love and care for Kristina. I felt sympathetic for her. She’d do, like, terrible stuff but I’d still be like, “Oh, well she can’t help it. It’s not her fault.” But FALLOUT sorta broke that sympathy. In FALLOUT, we see Kristina’s drug addiction from the point-of-view of her children and family. And, that really made me see that Kristina’s addiction was her fault. She could’ve changed. She definitely had the support from her family (and what a helluva family, btw). But she didn’t make use of those resources. It’d be a whole different thing if, say, Kristina didn’t have that family. But she did. And there’re no excuses. In FALLOUT, I saw how the whole thing affected her kids. And it sorta pissed me off. I had a very different experience with FALLOUT than I did with the first two.

The conclusion to the CRANK series takes place when Kristina’s children are nearing their last couple of years as teenagers. With Hunter, nineteen and having problems staying committed to both his family and girlfriend. Left wondering why Kristina left him, and how his biological father is a rapist. With Autumn, struggling to keep the family she was built on together. The single aunt that raised her is getting married. So… what’s next for Autumn? Drinking and other things. Things that make Autumn start to wonder exactly how much of Kristina lives on in her children. And with Summer, who doesn’t even know she has family beyond her father and the array of foster parents that’ve housed her. Doubt and loneliness try to bring Summer to that awful state-of-being where Kristina is, but will she let them succeed in doing so? While deciding who they are and who they want to be, all three children are drawn to the person they all hate to love. Kristina. Bree. Mother. Addict.

I loved getting to know Kristina’s children better. I didn’t love to see them go through all that shit, but I did love getting to read about them and build that “Oh I love this character so much” type connection thing. You feel me? Through the eyes of Hunter, Autumn, and Summer, we see the selfish side to Kristina. In CRANK and GLASS, Bree took over, but Kristina still had a presence. The Kristina we loved, the straight-A student, the good friend, she was still somewhere amidst all that chaos and hurt and craziness. But in FALLOUT, Kristina is long gone. Which was real sad to realize. It was all Bree. And I feel bad that her children never got to meet the Kristina we had met in CRANK and GLASS. All they ever knew was Bree. The selfish addict.

As always, the writing was flawless. Ellen gets better and better with each novel she writes, and from CRANK to FALLOUT, the amount of emotion and fluidity is immeasurable. It’s amazing how powerful only a few words can be. With the right formatting and word choice, you’re damn right it’s hard to write that good! But I really don’t think Ellen has to work all that hard to get that on the page, because by the way her books read, it’s like it’s natural to her. Simon and Schuster hooks Ellen up with breath-taking covers, but I’m telling you, it’s the interior design that holds the real beauty, if ya catch my drift. ;)
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Oct 09, 2010

Courtney rated it

Shelves: abuse, addiction, realistic-fiction, series, teen-fiction

In classic fan-girl fashion, I put this on hold as soon as it was entered into our library's catalog. I've been avidly following Ellen's work ever since I read the first book of this series several years ago. While this is the end of the series, it serves as a reminder that there really is no end to addiction. Whereas the first two books follow Kristina through her devastating dance with addiction and relapse, this one takes place years later with her eldest children telling their stories. T...more

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Aug 17, 2011

Joy Mo rated it

I'm not quite sure what made me not like Fallout as much and the other Ellen Hopkins books.

Maybe
it was that the characters all seemed to experience the same
plot only with different people.
I'm
not quite sure, but I think it goes something like this: freakishly
sensitive boy meets bland girl. They gawk at each other's
perfection for a few sentences and then they have sexay tyme, eh,
yes? But
Just
when you think...more

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Aug 07, 2011

Paige rated it

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Taking place about nineteen years after the conclusion of Glass, Fallout picks the story back up in the eyes of three of her children: Hunter, still living in Reno with his grandparents and longing to know who his father is; Autumn, an OCD-inflicted teen living in Texas with her father's family and knowing nothing of her mother or that side of the family; and Summer, a girl torn between two boys and living in the foster care system in Californi...moreAlso appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.

Taking place about nineteen years after the conclusion of Glass, Fallout picks the story back up in the eyes of three of her children: Hunter, still living in Reno with his grandparents and longing to know who his father is; Autumn, an OCD-inflicted teen living in Texas with her father's family and knowing nothing of her mother or that side of the family; and Summer, a girl torn between two boys and living in the foster care system in California. All three long for love and are tied together by one person: Kristina Snow. Her children are more like her than they would prefer and as this novel shows you, addiction destroys more people than just the addict.

This time around, we leave Kristina's point of view and are spread between three narrators, all children of hers by different men. Just as all of Hopkins's books are, Fallout is written in free-verse poetry that range from simple to purposeful, some arrangements revealing the inner thoughts of the section's narrator and some making shapes relevant to the passage. Part of what makes Hopkins's books so powerful is this free verse she uses. If put in plain prose like in most books, their power would certainly take a beating, though there would still be power coming from what's being written.

All three of our narrators--angry Hunter, OCD Autumn, and cynical Summer--are rather unlikable, but my favorite of the three is definitely Autumn. There was just something so vulnerable about her, probably coming from being a loner and not knowing many people beyond her grandfather and aunt, that made me like her. Some of what she said and did later in the book kind of made me lose some of that fondness, but she's only human. Summer was the most interesting of the narrators due to her cynicism and trip through the foster care system. Hunter? Well, I didn't like Hunter that much or have much to say about him. He's a pretty big sleaze.

The narration had a habit of changing to the next child just when it got interesting for one of them and that became frustrating quickly. All this switching made the pacing slow to a crawl at points. However, all this changing does give them all their time in the spotlight and show just how similar all three are to Kristina. As for Kristina herself, she's still a mess and still into crystal meth, but it isn't as bad as it once was. If it were, there's no way she would come near any of her family. Twenty years of drugs and jail have changed her and she's not completely the Kristina readers may know, but it is her. Curious about some of the minor characters, like Trey's cousin Brad and Brad's daughters LaTreya and Devon from Glass or Kristina's ex Chase? Thanks to newspaper clippings between chapters, you'll find out.

While I liked the ending of Fallout, I wish that it didn't end with the group realization at the Christmas dinner and the fake news article. We just saw three siblings who barely knew each other finally coming together and seeing their mother again. The article tells us all of the children now live in the same house. Couldn't it be extended a little to show us how the siblings interact together? We only saw their introduction to each other and then it was over. We never got a handle on how they felt about one another. I think this small extension really would have made this book shine.

If you haven't already picked up these books, do it. Read them and be horrified. Have a problem reading about drug addicts or drugs in general? Me too, surprisingly. Getting around that discomfort to read the Crank trilogy will be worth it. It's a bit of a shame that this is the end because there is still so much more to the story, but readers will be able to piece together the future themselves if needed.(less)

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Jan 02, 2012

Shannon rated it

I have been a fan of Ellen Hopkins' books since I was 15 (so 5 years) and I was so looking forward to when the FINAL book in the Crank series was to come out. However, when I found out that it was going to be from Kristina’s children point of views I was a little disappointed. At first I had a hard time getting into the story because I didn’t know where she was going to take the plot of the story. It also felt like there was all this build up, towards the end, about the siblings being reunited a...more

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Nov 15, 2011

Mikella Etchegoyen rated it

Shelves: favorites, ellen-hopkins, part-of-a-series

I have read (or am currently reading) every single one of Ellen Hopkins books. Fallout, while following the construct of a few of her other books (Impulse, Tricks) in that it contains multiple points of views, is quite different when stacked against the first two books in the Crank Trilogy. From the first page of Crank, I was hooked on the intensity, darkness and rawness of her characters (and by this I mean through all of the books that I read following Crank). Fallout operates as a companion t...more

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Jun 30, 2011

Chae Ford rated it

GREAT ADDITION TO A GREAT SERIES!

Crank, will always be the best book in the series for me. Hopkins started the series off about Kristina. A good girl-gone bad who got herself hooked on "The monster" commonly known as CRANK. the series goes on to add GLASS as Kristina just gets worse ad worse with her sad epidemic and addiction to drugs and sex.

Hopkins stated that she "wanted to give the children of Kristina a voice also. so readers can see how Kristina's c...more

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May 25, 2011

Olivia rated it

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer(three of Kristina Snow’s five children)live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. The only thing they have in common is a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years. This book is often referred to as 'Crank #3' because Kristina is the character in the original Crank book, who fights for her life against a mon...more

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May 09, 2011

Manda rated it

This book was a fantastic way of Hopkins wrapping up the first two in the series. It was very powerful and told so much more of what happened to the main character, Kristina. I was able to relate to the book on many levels from being in the foster care system myself and being abused by trusted ones. The book is written in a way that gives the reader a way to relate. Be it a love sick teenager, a lonely abuse victim, a parent who just doesn't know what to do... everyone can relate somehow and if ...more

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Apr 26, 2011

Donna rated it

Shelves: family-issues, verse, young-adult

This was my favorite of the Crank trilogy, because in this story, three of Kristina's five children are given a voice. I felt this was a strong way to finish, because it shows the reader how an addict's behaviors and choices go so much deeper than their own lives. Hunter, Kristina's firstborn, is 19 in Fallout and struggling with personal relationships, deep hurt, and anger. Autumn is one of Kristina's daughters who also tells pieces of the story and glimpses of her life as she struggles to f...more

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Apr 25, 2011

Rachelle Annen rated it

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins was an amazing book. Although I was a little disappointed on how it ended, I thought it was a book definitely worth reading.
It was about the live of Kristina's (main character in other books like crank, and burned, also by Ellen Hopkins) 3 children and how they have grown up in foster care or with other family because Kristina couldn't keep them because of her bad choices with drugs.
Hunter- who has grown up with Kristina's parents is the oldest out of the th...more

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Apr 02, 2011

Brittany rated it

I started reading Ellen Hopkins books when I was in 7th grade (2009) and have been in love with them ever since. I have read every one of her books and they taught me so much about the life of people who do drugs and how their choices negatively effect families. They were all a real eye opener, especially the Crank series.

The series is based on Ellen's daughter who was in a similar situation as Kristina in Crank. This adds a passion and depth to the story which is my favorite p...moreI started reading Ellen Hopkins books when I was in 7th grade (2009) and have been in love with them ever since. I have read every one of her books and they taught me so much about the life of people who do drugs and how their choices negatively effect families. They were all a real eye opener, especially the Crank series.

The series is based on Ellen's daughter who was in a similar situation as Kristina in Crank. This adds a passion and depth to the story which is my favorite part about the books. Also, the books are written in a poetic format. Occasionally the words actually form pictures on the page which is beyond awesome!

I guess I was expecting a tad too much from this book because I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic book and a nice ending to the series, but there were a few things I didn't particularly care for.

For example, I desperately wanted to continue reading about Kristina's crazy life, but unfortunately I didn't get to. Instead, Fallout was told in 3 different point of views, all Kristina's children. Every time the book switched POVs I would have to think back to what happened previously in the book. It was a little hard to keep up with at times and terribly confusing in the beginning.

On the bright side, it was indeed interesting to learn how Kristina and her drug addictions effected her children, even if she never saw them. Their lives were so terribly different from mine that every time I picked up the book, it dragged me into a completely different world. A world of drugs, sex, lies, innocence, struggles and everything in between. In addition, the book answered any hanging questions previously in the series.

Overall, the plot and Ellen's writing style was amazing as always. Fallout was a great conclusion to the series with an ending so great and powerful, I read it over and over again. If you haven't read any Hopkins yet, I strongly suggest you do so. You will not be disappointed!

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Feb 18, 2011

Nancy rated it

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.

Hunter is nineteen, angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party....moreHunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.

Hunter is nineteen, angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party. He's struggling to understand why his mother left him, when he unexpectedly meets his rapist father, and things get even more complicated. Autumn lives with her single aunt and alcoholic grandfather. When her aunt gets married, and the only family she’s ever known crumbles, Autumn’s compulsive habits lead her to drink. And the consequences of her decisions suggest that there’s more of Kristina in her than she’d like to believe. Summer doesn’t know about Hunter, Autumn, or their two youngest brothers, Donald and David. To her, family is only abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriends and a slew of foster parents. Doubt and loneliness overwhelm her, and she, too, teeters on the edge of her mother’s notorious legacy. As each searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together—Kristina, Bree, mother, addict. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they find the trust, the courage, the hope to break the cycle.

Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family’s story, FALLOUT is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy begun by CRANK and GLASS, and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person’s problem.

My Take: I decided to approach this book completely backward. I knew previous books existed but I didn't read them or look up their summaries. I also chose to not read the inside cover. I just opened the book and began to read, assuming Haskins had written a compilations of poetry. Oh, so wrong! Although my approach worked very well for me and the surprise I experienced as I discovered the characters in this book. I enjoyed putting the puzzle pieces together and finally understanding that Hunter, Summer, and Autumn were Kristina's children.

Any review will slaughter the uniqueness of the style. It is something to be experienced on many levels. Not only do the words tell a story in a chronological manner, the prose is organized to reflect the emotion or message. For instance, Summer struggled with panic attacks and OCD. When chaos reigned, the arrangement of the words reflected that. Hunter talks about his girlfriend and the page is titled, "The Perfect Girl." The organization of words was curvy, like a woman would be. Subtle but hammering the message home on a different level.

The book is told in three different voices - each of Kristina's oldest children. Hunter, who experiences trouble with intimacy. He has a good home life, an awesome girlfriend, people who love him yet he can not reach commitment which would provide true intimacy for him. A thoroughly enjoyable character.

Summer is in foster care and intimates sexual abuse from those she trusted. She feels alone but possesses street smarts to help her survive. Interesting addition when her boyfriend, Kyle, makes sacrifices for her. I really thought he was going to be a complete jerk but I ended respecting him.

Autumn has been carefully protected by her paternal grandfather and aunt from her biological parents. She craves order and connection. She suffers from panic attacks and has no idea she has such a large family in the world.

Naturally, the characters' worlds collide by the end. Riveting from page one right to the last page. The glue that holds all of these people together is Kristina, their biological mother. Although Hunter's outburst is much more adept as he connects all of the people sitting at the table. Kristina is the woman who has caused every one of them pain to the core. But it's not her fault, or so she claims. Still completely self-absorbed, self destructing, leaving a wake of carnage behind her and completely unaware of it.

Be advised this is a gritty read. Sex is abundant. Drug use proliferates the story. It is not glamorized yet there is a lack of preaching the evils of drug use. On the other hand, the impact on relationships, children, parents, brothers and sisters is illustrated by the journey the reader takes. (less)

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Apr 04, 2011

Kyle rated it

Shelves: favorites

It was an amazing conclusion in my opinion. I think it was equal to Crank (and if you already know me off of Goodreads, I didn't enjoy Glass as much), so it is my FOURTH favorite book of all-time! It could've been better with two little changes:

1) Hunter, Summer, and Autmun not being so . . . HATEFUL towards Krisitina!
2) Having SOME more loose ends tied up (WAS Autumn pregnant? Did Bryce accept that?, etc.)

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Jan 19, 2011

Jan rated it

Shelves: teenbooks, contemporary

I’ll ‘fess’ up from the outset that I have never been a huge fan of Ellen Hopkins. But this is a novel that is ambitious in scope and does push the reader’s emotional buttons very skillfully. Hopkins does know how to tear up the scenery when it comes to painful and gritty themes like drug or sexual abuse. Her readers will love this book.

Although I thought Hopkins’ use of prose poetry was original and did an excellent job of telling a highly dramatic and compelling story, I think s...more

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Jan 10, 2011

Leah Schmidt rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Fallout is the 3rd book of the story of a troubled mom- Kristina. She now has five kids, two of her boys live with her and their dad, her current abusive boyfriend. Her oldest boy, Hunter, is now growing out of the house. He had a good child hood after been taken in by Kristina's mother and step father. Hunter deals with trying to get his girlfriend back after he cheated on her and earning his trust again. Kristina's two sons that lived with her are now under custody of her mother after her boyf...more

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Dec 01, 2010

Hannah G. rated it

Fallout is a captivating story that is addicting from the beginning. All three children have a different story of despair and they all have 1 connection. Kristina. With her as a mother how could you even pretend to live a normal life? I love that this book goes back and forth betwee all three stories and that they all have very different paths and in the end all end up at that same table for Thanksgiving dinner. Kristina is a terrible mother and it's actually ironic to read her story as a tenage...more

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Nov 20, 2010

Jessica rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. One of the books on the TAYSHAS List for 2010-2011. I saw this book on a reading list provided for a young adult literature class and was interested in reading it. I had just finished reading Identical and fell in love with Hopkins style and topics of writing. In Fallout, I was only disappointed in the fact that I hadnt realized that it was the third book in a trilogy that I hadnt yet read and I wished I would have read them first. Although it was the last book, I was able to follow the story we...moreOne of the books on the TAYSHAS List for 2010-2011. I saw this book on a reading list provided for a young adult literature class and was interested in reading it. I had just finished reading Identical and fell in love with Hopkins style and topics of writing. In Fallout, I was only disappointed in the fact that I hadnt realized that it was the third book in a trilogy that I hadnt yet read and I wished I would have read them first. Although it was the last book, I was able to follow the story well. This story follows three different characters (Hunter Haskins, Autumn Shepherd and Summer Kenwood) who have the same mother Kristins Snow. Kristina is a crank/meth addict who had Hunter at 17 and faced her own problems of sleeping around and doing drugs with her own father. Her choices have an effect on her own children and create a chaotic world for them. All three children have different last names and different families and wonder why their mom has neglected them. Hunter deals with his own problems of college life, love, his mom and finding out who is father is. Autumn has OCD due to her mother's addiction when she was pregnant. her father is in prison and she lives with ther grandfather and her Aunt cora who has been like her mother. But once Cora marries, Autumn's life is turned around and causes her to become an alcoholic where she feels she is just like her mother. Summer is bounced around in foster care and hasnt had much love from the people who care for her. Also affected by her mothers drug abuse, she has asthma and is unhappy with the life she lives. Thus leading her to sex and wanting a tasted of the "monster" that her mom is addicted to. All three characters share the common problem of wanting to understand why their mom wasnt there for them. The story continues to show the hardhip they faced and how they overcome their reality and make it better. A great story that I recommend to read after reading the first two books called Crank and Glass. Ellen Hopkins is a great writer and creates stories that young adults can relate to and touch upon topics that many are afraid to talk about. Loved it!(less)

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Nov 11, 2010

Sitina rated it

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Sep 27, 2010

Monster rated it

Shelves: banned-books, something-different-ya, poetry, reading-bites-ya

In Fallout, the third book in the series that started with Crank, centered on meth addict Kristina Snow, Hopkins moves on to show the effect Kristina's selfish ways still have on her children, and covers a wide spectrum of emotional and psychological problems. Fallout is told through three narrators: Hunter, Kristina's first child, born of rape and trying to deal with rage; Autumn, who struggles with OCD and turns to alcohol to get her through a major life change; and Summer, who is unaware that...more

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Sep 19, 2010

Alicia rated it

I cannot describe how inspiring and absolutely escapist Hopkins' work is. I have never been in a place to experience most of any of her diverse characters situations, BUT her writing inspires so much emotion and heartfelt hurt, anger, and compassion for the characters that it doesn't matter what my life experiences have been.

She is magic. Her books cannot come fast enough for me to consume. Each time I have a release date for a book of hers, I need to block out that day to read it, ...more

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Sep 05, 2010

Kelly Hager rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is the rare trilogy where each book is better than the one before. In this, the story is narrated by Kristina’s three oldest children. Hunter is now in college, in a great relationship that he keeps risking. Autumn (who Kristina was pregnant with at the end of Glass) is living with her grandfather and aunt and Summer goes from foster home to foster home, with occasional stints living with her dad and his latest girlfriend. The three aren’t close (Autumn doesn’t even know she has sibling...more

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Sep 25, 2011

Stephanie rated it

Shelves: ya

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Sep 28, 2010

Devyn Burton rated it

I had always been intrigued by Ellen Hopkins' young adult novels. However I was very intimidated by them as well. My good friend Brenna told me about the poetry in the novels, to be honest I think I said something along the lines of 'Oh God, I hate poetry. I can't see myself picking up these books for fun.' Because when I have ever thought of poetry school textbooks only came to mind.

School and joy reading do not go hand in hand so I couldn't fathom why I would ENJOY reading a book w...more

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Sep 06, 2010

MagicalNinjaLibrarian rated it

Shelves: brutal-realities, trauma-books, at-your-ars-library

Where the previous two novels of Hopkins's trilogy, Crank and Glass, told the tragically familiar story of meth addiction from the point of view those addicted, Fallout invites us to take a look into the stories of those who are the unwilling victims of that addiction...the children. With their mother, Kristina, appearing for only brief and often traumatic moments in their lives, Hunter, Autumn, and Summer, now teenagers, battle their own monsters. All of which stem from their mother's self de...more

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Sep 13, 2010

Reading Angel rated it

I don't know how to put into words what I feel about these books. They are so powerful that I know I just can't do this review the justice it deserves. I stay so emotionally wrecked while reading these books that it takes me a couple days to recover. Fallout was no exception. It had me laughing, crying, and shaking with anger in the span of only a few pages.

In CRANK and GLASS we go through teenage Kristina's dance with "the monster", meth. We see her spiral deeper an...more

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Mar 22, 2011

Allison rated it

Shelves: ya

It's written as poetry, though easy to read straight through like prose, without being bothered by the funky line breaks - just remember to read each section's title, as they play into the following poetry. The book is told from three teenagers' points of view. All of them have the same mother, who is a meth addict, and all of them live in different places, with different relatives. They all struggle with their own various addictions in varying stages. There are news stories interspersed through...more

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Oct 18, 2010

Kayla Macdonald added it

I think this is an extremely powerful book. It catches your imagination and keeps you on your toes. I was really drawn to all the characters. They spoke to me and made me think allot about who I am and why I never want to get sucked into a life like this. The whole book was just based around love and family and how drugs mess up more than just your life. But everyone you love life's too.

It had allot of great quotes and sayings in it too. It talked about the Reed marching band. (whic...more

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Jan 22, 2012

Brianna rated it

"I HOPE FOR

Trust, Joy.

Courage. Honesty.

Belief. Belonging.

Attaining these things may not come easily. Because, look very long at Kristina, I see

Me. me. me." - Ellen Hopkins. Fallout. pg# 662.

I liked this book and it did keep me interested. Meaning parts of the book had me teary eyed and me trying to accept the fact that it is a memoir. *tear* I loved how Mrs.Hopkins wrote it in Kristina's children point of view. You got t...more

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