In this riveting and startling companion to "Impulse," northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their v...
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Sep 18, 2011
~Yue~ [Starless Nights Will Cover Day]
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I'm dying. Holy guacamole. That was beautiful.
I can't express it into words, what Ellen Hopkins can do. She's unbelievable. A superhuman? I cannot disagree otherwise. To be honest, I'm usually not the person to cry in books. I didn't even cry in Impulse. (Heartless, yeah.) <spoiler>But as Tony began his eulogy holy crap I died. It was so beautiful and so perfect and oh my god. I wish Conner was still alive. Conner would've been amazing for who he really was. I wish someone would've k More...
I can't express it into words, what Ellen Hopkins can do. She's unbelievable. A superhuman? I cannot disagree otherwise. To be honest, I'm usually not the person to cry in books. I didn't even cry in Impulse. (Heartless, yeah.) <spoiler>But as Tony began his eulogy holy crap I died. It was so beautiful and so perfect and oh my god. I wish Conner was still alive. Conner would've been amazing for who he really was. I wish someone would've k More...
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Dec 06, 2011
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Oct 23, 2011
Sammi
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I've read enough Ellen Hopkins books to have an idea of her average character. Addicted to something, self-destructive, beautiful, liable to fall in love over the course of the book. And at the beginning of Perfect I thought that was exactly what I got. It followed the structure perfectly; multiple intertwined lives meshing to prove the same point. It's the point that made on the very first page: perfect is an illusion.
I guess I was a bit disappointed.
There was alcoholism and More...
I guess I was a bit disappointed.
There was alcoholism and More...
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Feb 10, 2012
Megan
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Perfect was a great follow up for Impulse. Ellen Hopkins has this way of writing that just makes you want to read more. The only reason it took me as long as it did to finish is just because of my busy schedule. If I had the time, I’m sure I could have finished it in a day.
Perfect has the same set up as Impulse (being told from different points of view) except it had four characters instead of three. The first character is Cara who is Conner’s twin sister. She is dealing with sexuality is More...
Perfect has the same set up as Impulse (being told from different points of view) except it had four characters instead of three. The first character is Cara who is Conner’s twin sister. She is dealing with sexuality is More...
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Nov 06, 2011
Brandi
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To live up to someone elses expectations is what caused Conner to go over the edge, to fall quickly to his death below, taking the easy way out...rewind to when Conner starts his treatment as Aspen springs and unfold the pressures of others lives as he is in treatment.
Cara, conners sister is fighting the same pressures he did, to be perfect, for her parents, like her parents, but when she experiences a forbidden love, that her parents wouldn't except, she has to find a way to "com More...
Cara, conners sister is fighting the same pressures he did, to be perfect, for her parents, like her parents, but when she experiences a forbidden love, that her parents wouldn't except, she has to find a way to "com More...
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Nov 18, 2011
Candido
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I've been yearning to read Perfect by Ellen Hopkins for a while, and now I finally got to read it last week^_^
Perfect follows four characters (Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre.) as they strive for perfection, each one taking different directions to achieve perfection. Cara, who was introduce in Impulse, begins struggle with her sexuality, and questions whether she has to live up to her parents' high expectation, or reject their ideals of her, in order to find her perfection. Then there's More...
Perfect follows four characters (Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre.) as they strive for perfection, each one taking different directions to achieve perfection. Cara, who was introduce in Impulse, begins struggle with her sexuality, and questions whether she has to live up to her parents' high expectation, or reject their ideals of her, in order to find her perfection. Then there's More...
Feb 05, 2012
Alma
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This story is about Cara Sierra Sykes she has to deal with her parents after her twin brother Conner tries to kill himself and when she finds someone else in her life that’s not her boyfriend Sean. It’s also about Sean Terrence O’Connell and how he wants to be in the same college as Cara but he doesn’t know that she doesn’t love him anymore.
This story is also about Kendra Melody Mathieson and how she will go through anything just to become a perfect model and that means plas More...
This story is also about Kendra Melody Mathieson and how she will go through anything just to become a perfect model and that means plas More...
Dec 31, 2011
706Emma
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Perfect is the story of four high school students struggling with colleges, love, their futures, and what perfect really means.
This was the first book to get me to cry. Ever. I'm so serious. And I read the Five People You Meet in Heaven, which I like to think of as a pretty sad book. Also, I read it in one day on the nook so I didn't get a chance to log with no internet. It was so beautiful and sad and heart wrenching (chesse, i know).
This book was amazing. When I first read the b More...
This was the first book to get me to cry. Ever. I'm so serious. And I read the Five People You Meet in Heaven, which I like to think of as a pretty sad book. Also, I read it in one day on the nook so I didn't get a chance to log with no internet. It was so beautiful and sad and heart wrenching (chesse, i know).
This book was amazing. When I first read the b More...
Dec 26, 2011
Alyssa
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Ellen Hopkins is, in my opinion, the best young adult writer out there. She tackles hard issues, and does so using poetry as her art form. Poetry is such an emotional way to tell the compelling stories that Hopkins chooses.
Perfect uses four different voices to tell the story of the high school seniors in this book. Kendra struggles with an eating disorder and body image while on her way to a modeling career. Cara, whose brother Connor just tried to commit suicide, is having a hard ti More...
Perfect uses four different voices to tell the story of the high school seniors in this book. Kendra struggles with an eating disorder and body image while on her way to a modeling career. Cara, whose brother Connor just tried to commit suicide, is having a hard ti More...
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Nov 22, 2011
Onna
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I started reading it this morning and finished it this night when I got back home. All 622 pages. It doesn't feel like it, but that's the gift of Hopkins' writing. I was half way through when I realized that it was connected to her other book. And I felt my heart drop. Conner. I have just stopped crying. I was almost done and had to stop because I couldn't see through the tears. Finished and kept crying.
Her books are a must read for EVERYONE. Plain and simple. I relate to more of the More...
Her books are a must read for EVERYONE. Plain and simple. I relate to more of the More...
Nov 22, 2011
Stefani
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This sequel surpassed the original. While book 1 (Impulse) focused mainly on suicidal teens, we found other teens - some tied to Connor in Impulse - who struggle under the weight of attaining their own perfection. Including eating disorders, sexual orientation, sports performance and steroid use, and even a natural skill and desire for dance with disapproving parents, the range of expectations of parents and of society is something any teen can relate to. Hopkins uses her verse format to focus r
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Nov 11, 2011
Sherry
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This was a good book, but I think I have liked her other books better. You can feel for the four kids and their families in this book. Everyone of us have probably been in one of their situations and just want the hurt to go away. We all have our own ideas of how we would make it go away and in most caeses we can make it go way without much harm or enough courage to reach out for help. Reaching out and finding the right help can be a long and hard journey but most of us are able to make it t
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Nov 06, 2011
Alayna
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Perfect is the companion novel to Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, however I haven't yet read Impulse. In hindsight, I should have. Though reading Impulse is not necessary, I recommend you do so some things make more sense. Especially the ending, specifically the last page.
Now while I thought Perfect had some very strong issues like eating disorders and date rape, I found the story to not be as strong as some of Hopkins' other stories. I liked the book, but didn't love it.
The st More...
Now while I thought Perfect had some very strong issues like eating disorders and date rape, I found the story to not be as strong as some of Hopkins' other stories. I liked the book, but didn't love it.
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Oct 27, 2011
Kelly
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Of the Hopkins books I've read, this one is her weakest. The idea of perfection actually gets lost in a smorgasbord of other issues, especially at the end when the catalyst for all of the characters waking up comes through a character who never got caught up in this very issue (I realize that statement is debatable but since we never see Conner on page, I won't buy it).
The other issue I have with this one is that verse novels are hard. Hopkins is, however, a master. There is no ques More...
The other issue I have with this one is that verse novels are hard. Hopkins is, however, a master. There is no ques More...
Oct 26, 2011
Nicole
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Perfect
By: Ellen Hopkins
640 pages
ISBN: 1416983244
The story of Seniors in High school, seeking the truth as to what perfection ism and how to obtain it, is exactly what this book about. Cara has a rough life, her parents are harsh on her ( just like any other high schooler nowadays) to the point where her twin brother loses his mind and cant deal with it. it leads him towards a suicide attempt, leaving her angry at her parents. Her idea of perfection is doing the complete More...
By: Ellen Hopkins
640 pages
ISBN: 1416983244
The story of Seniors in High school, seeking the truth as to what perfection ism and how to obtain it, is exactly what this book about. Cara has a rough life, her parents are harsh on her ( just like any other high schooler nowadays) to the point where her twin brother loses his mind and cant deal with it. it leads him towards a suicide attempt, leaving her angry at her parents. Her idea of perfection is doing the complete More...
Oct 12, 2011
Kate
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Went to Barnes and Noble this morning and ended up reading this book while sipping my Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (good, but the Salted Caramel Mocha is better). I didn't realize until I was reading that Perfect is a follow up to Impulse, and here again you have lots of teens under pressure. I much preferred the girls story's, while the boys seemed a bit boring. I really didn't like how the rape was dealt with, but at least it was realistic- a lot of rapes don't get reported and it did offe
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Oct 05, 2011
FABR Steph
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Perfect by Ellen Hopkins is a companion verse novel to Impulse. While it is a companion novel, it can be easily enjoyed as a stand alone book, however, the experience is better after first reading Impulse. Verse narration is written from the perspective of Cara, Andre, Kendra, and Sean.
Perfect tells the story of four teens who are all desperate to figure their lives out and get to where they are going. Cara is feeling the pressure of all of her mother’s unrealistic expectations as More...
Perfect tells the story of four teens who are all desperate to figure their lives out and get to where they are going. Cara is feeling the pressure of all of her mother’s unrealistic expectations as More...
Sep 17, 2011
Barbara
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Novels in verse fans will be delighted to find this companion book to Impulse, the author's earlier title. Hopkins centers her story around four protagonists, all searching for different types of the always illusive perfection. Cara, twin sister of Conner who attempted to kill himself in the earlier book, must deal with the expectations of her boyfriend and her family, who seem more interested in what others will think than what is actually right for Cara. Kendra denies herself food and plots to
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Sep 14, 2011
Anna
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Sep 06, 2011
Amanda
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First Impressions: Hands down. Absolute must read. Those were my thoughts when I first found out that Ellen Hopkins was writing this companion novel to her book, Impulse. I’m not going to lie, before I even received this book for review I was already dreaming up the wonderful review I was going to write for it. I have THAT much confidence in this author. Her work is never a let down, and I have the bad habit of compar More...
First Impressions: Hands down. Absolute must read. Those were my thoughts when I first found out that Ellen Hopkins was writing this companion novel to her book, Impulse. I’m not going to lie, before I even received this book for review I was already dreaming up the wonderful review I was going to write for it. I have THAT much confidence in this author. Her work is never a let down, and I have the bad habit of compar More...
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Feb 11, 2012
Sadie Jayne
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I just found out that this book is supposed to be the sequel to Impulse, a book that I haven't read yet. I cursed myself for not realizing that, and thought about how backwards everything was going to be when I decide to read Impulse. But now, I think it will be kind of cool to read them out of order, like those books that give you the ending first, and then tell you everything that lead up to those events.
I had trouble relating to Cara and Sean. Cara, as much as she denied it, did p More...
I had trouble relating to Cara and Sean. Cara, as much as she denied it, did p More...
Jan 02, 2012
Demi ✿The Caster Girl ✿
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Can't wait to finish! Im only on pg.8 but its a good start! I love Ellen Hopkins! :)
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Dec 23, 2011
Kayla
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I've read one other novel by Ellen Hopkins-Tricks-and I've already decided she's a fabulous author, and I'll probably read anything she comes up with, for the rest of my life. She certainly had a way with characters, making them completely deplorable and detestable one moment and worthy of redemption and respect the next. This feat, not easily pulled off, is only accentuated by the wonderful verse writing that lets the emotions drip off of the page, and the characters feel as if they're right in
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Nov 30, 2011
Alissa
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book follows for separate people through some of the hardest events of their lives.
There is Cara. Her brother, Connor who is in Ellen Hopkin's book Impulse, just tried to commit suicide because of the harsh expectations of their parents. He doesn't succeed and gets sent off to a psychiatric rehabilitation program. Her mother is an icy and unemotional person with unrealistic goals for her children and her father is an ext More...
This book follows for separate people through some of the hardest events of their lives.
There is Cara. Her brother, Connor who is in Ellen Hopkin's book Impulse, just tried to commit suicide because of the harsh expectations of their parents. He doesn't succeed and gets sent off to a psychiatric rehabilitation program. Her mother is an icy and unemotional person with unrealistic goals for her children and her father is an ext More...
Nov 10, 2011
Dracolibris
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Extremely moving and compulsively readable, as usual for Ellen Hopkins. Another great volume in her body of work that tells the story of several teens, in verse, of how the stress of maintaining a "perfect" facade on the outside can eat away at the person from within. There is the teen with an eating disorder, another is jock into steroids, a boy who doesn't know how to tell his parents he wants to follow his dreams of being a dancer, a girl who longs for her father's long lost love
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Jan 04, 2012
Sergei
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"I grew up knowing I was pretty and believing everything good about me had to do with how I looked. The mirror was my best friend. Until it started telling me I wasn't really pretty enough."
~from Perfect
Perfect is a companion novel to the bestselling Impulse by Ellen Hopkins.
This book is depressing, disturbing, sad, but no one can deny the raw power
and skill of Ellen's unique style of writing and handling teen issues.
Those who have n More...
~from Perfect
Perfect is a companion novel to the bestselling Impulse by Ellen Hopkins.
This book is depressing, disturbing, sad, but no one can deny the raw power
and skill of Ellen's unique style of writing and handling teen issues.
Those who have n More...
Feb 08, 2012
Tabitha
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Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre all have a fair amount of problems in their lives. But most commonly they feel like their expected to be perfect and because of that they slowly start to turn into the people they never expected they would be. Cara is feeling the pressure to be perfect after her brothers attempt at suicide, and when she starts a relationship with someone her parents wouldn't approve of things get even tougher for her. Kendra is struggling to look perfect and with that struggle she t
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Feb 07, 2012
Martha
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Ellen Hopkins is a genius! I LOVED this book. At first I wasn't sure about it, I thought I would say I liked its predecessor (Impulse) better. I was way wrong. Ms. Hopkins delivers a poignant story about four teenagers striving to be perfect. When each character begins to "talk", Ms. Hopkins tells two stories on one page. The skill it takes to do this amazes me.
Cara, Conner's (who we met in Impulse) twin, strives to live up to her parents expectations. She feels she must hav More...
Cara, Conner's (who we met in Impulse) twin, strives to live up to her parents expectations. She feels she must hav More...
Oct 15, 2011
Chrissy
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I've never read an Ellen Hopkins book before, quite honestly mostly because I imagined a novel in verse to be overly poetic, overly flowery, and overly descriptive.
Clearly I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up PERFECT.
First things first -- PERFECT is actually the companion novel to IMPULSE, a fact that I did not realize when I chose this novel as my first encounter with Ellen Hopkins. Now, quite honestly, PERFECT worked perfectly well as a stand-alone no More...
Clearly I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up PERFECT.
First things first -- PERFECT is actually the companion novel to IMPULSE, a fact that I did not realize when I chose this novel as my first encounter with Ellen Hopkins. Now, quite honestly, PERFECT worked perfectly well as a stand-alone no More...
Oct 02, 2011
Elizabeth
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I've read almost all of Ellen Hopkins' books besides Fallout, I think. I absoloutley adore them. She is one of my favorite authors. I love how she writes, it's so artistic and beautiful. She really makes you connect to her characters, and I love how she normally always has more than one main character to follow, and you can always at least relate to one.
I expected this book to be AMAZING, and I even bought it the day it came out. I've been waiting for it to come out, and I'm not gon More...
I expected this book to be AMAZING, and I even bought it the day it came out. I've been waiting for it to come out, and I'm not gon More...
