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Tricks (Tricks, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

Start date: September 15, 2024

Finish date: September 30, 2024

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Sep 26, 2010 WTF Are You Reading? rated it it was ok · review of another edition

It is said that everyone has a price. This disturbing story asks in no uncertain terms...What's yours? After having read Ellen Hopkins' books in the past, I knew pretty much what to expect. Teen aged girl or boy, trouble at home,led into life of vice that leads to the further demoralization of said wayward teen. In this installment the vice is sex and the five characters resort to using it for different reasons. Result-the Ellen Hopkins poetic train wreck that one can't stop watching though the ...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Maddie rated it really liked it

Tricks is a realistic fiction book about the use of drugs, alcohol, sexualities and prostitution.
The reason I read Tricks is because I like the longness of it but the lack of words, which means I read it really fast. I've also read all of her books, which means I'm just waiting on her latest, Tilt, to come out.
The main plot is for the 5 main characters to find their feet again, and forgive those they've hurt in the process of their journies.
There were 5 main characters in this book, and each tol ...more

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