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Ellen Hopkins

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Jul 23, 2020 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing

Shelves: diversity-in-all-forms-book-club

I read this book for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Not many books cover the Christianity faith and the different forms it takes on. I really enjoyed this read a lot! Probably one of my favorite books by Ellen Hopkins!

"Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything.
Not in family—his is a shambles after his younger brother was bullied into suicide. Not in so-called frien ...more

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Sep 13, 2016 Cecily Black rated it liked it

I have mixed feelings about this book! I am a huge fan of Ellen Hopkins, I love books that are written in verse, there is just something about the way they flow that really resonates with me.
This is some very heavy subject matter and this book made me feel a multitude of different emotions but I really don't think many church going people are going to like this novel.
A lot of points expressed by Matt are some of the same feelings I have had in regards to religion but I also didn't like that he ...more

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Jun 16, 2016 Darby rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gay, 2016

Not as much concrete poetry, or rhyming as I've seen in her other books, but still really really fantastic. ...more

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Aug 06, 2014 Stay Fetters rated it liked it

Shelves: sneaky-librarian

Let me just say that the cover of this book is ugly. Like, omg! should I touch this and catch the ugly?! She doesn't even try anymore. She's so famous that people will read anything she writes.
She showed me that bad ass stories can come in verse and I thank her for that. On the subject of this book though and I really hate to same this but..... I really thought this book was predictable and slow paced. Not anything like what she is used to. All of her stories have a heartbreaking tale which this ...more

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Sep 15, 2014 Mom2triplets04 rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1-000-book-challenge, written-in-verse

This is my first attempt at reading Ellen Hopkins. She writes in like a poetic form. You have to get used to her style. The book was fast paced and dealt with lots of mature topics like suicide, gay, adultery, and teenage sex.

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